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Table 1 Respondent Characteristics Overall

From: Priorities for improvement across cancer and non-cancer related preventive services among rural and non-rural clinicians

 

Overall (n = 326)

Practice Location, % (n)

 Rural

54% (177)

 Nonrural

46% (149)

Type of Practice, % (n)

 FQHC

16% (49)

 Private Practice

38% (112)

 Hospital/Health-system Owned

39% (116)

 Academic

13% (40)

 Other (VA, HMO)

1% (4)

Registry or Prompting System for Cancer Prevention and Control Services, % (n)

 Very Robust

31% (92)

 For Some

46% (139)

 No

23% (68)

Degree, % (n)

 MD

77% (251)

 DO

11% (37)

 NP

5% (15)

 PA

4% (14)

 Other (eliminated from survey)

3% (9)

Specialty, % (n)

 Family Physician

91% (293)

 Internal Medicine

6% (19)

 Other

4% (12)

Gender, % (n)

 Male

47% (148)

 Female

53% (167)

Panel Size (patients per week), mean (SD)

73 (103)

Years from finished clinical training, years (SD)

20 (12)

Total number of clinical staff members, mean (SD)

18 (19)

Patient Age, mean % (SD)

 Percent < 18 years old

13% (11)

 Percent 18–50 years old

39% (15)

 Percent > 50 years old

47% (18)

Patients’ Insurance Types, mean % (SD)

 Percent Uninsured

8% (12)

 Percent Medicaid

23% (18)

 Percent Medicare

32% (16)

 Percent Private

36% (21)

Patient’s Race and Ethnicity, mean % (SD)

 Percent White or Caucasian

66% (24)

 Percent Hispanic or Latino

15% (17)

 Percent Black or African American

13% (16)

 Percent Asian

5% (8)

 Percent Other (American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander)

4% (9)

  1. FQHC Federally Qualified Health Center, VA Veterans Affairs, HMO Health Maintenance Organization, SD Standard Deviation, MD Doctor of Medicine, DO Doctor of Osteopathic medicine, NP Nurse Practitioner, PA Physician’ Assistant