Demographic and Practice Characteristics of Survey Respondents in a Study of Physicians' Perspectives on Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations, United States, 2016
| Characteristics | Respondents (n = 617) | Nonrespondents (n = 318) |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD)* | 53.5 (8.6) | 55.3 (8.3) |
| Male* | 54.1 | 63.1 |
| Specialty | ||
| Family physician | 47.5 | 50.9 |
| General internist | 52.5 | 49.1 |
| Region* | ||
| Midwest | 27.1 | 21.7 |
| Northeast | 18.2 | 19.8 |
| South | 31.4 | 39.9 |
| West | 23.3 | 18.6 |
| Location of practice | ||
| Urban | 47.2 | 44.7 |
| Suburban | 48.1 | 49.7 |
| Rural | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| Setting | ||
| Private practice | 71.5 | 78.9 |
| Hospital/clinic | 22.2 | 14.5 |
| HMO | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| No. of providers in the practice | ||
| 1 | 12.4 | 18.3 |
| 2–4 | 25.1 | 27.7 |
| 5–10 | 32.3 | 30.9 |
| ≥10 | 30.2 | 23.2 |
| Physicians providing vaccines to adults | 97.6 | N/A |
| Practice uses an EMR/EHR | 93.6 | N/A |
| Proportion of patients aged ≥65 | ||
| <10% | 5.0 | N/A |
| 10–24% | 17.4 | N/A |
| 25–49% | 38.7 | N/A |
| ≥50% | 38.9 | N/A |
| Practice accepts Medicare | 94.8 | N/A |
| Practice accepts Medicaid | 71.9 | N/A |
Data are percentages unless otherwise indicated.
↵* P < .05 for sex, practice setting, region of country, number of providers, and mean age between respondents and nonrespondents (χ2, Mantel-Haenszel χ2, and t tests were used).
EHR, electronic health record; EMR, electronic medical record; HMO, health maintenance organization; N/A, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.