Table 1.

Characteristics of Survey Respondents

	Unweighted (N = 2,000)				Weighted (N = 348,269)
	Type of Health Care Provider Group
	PCPs	SPs	PAs	NPs	PCPs	SPs	PAs	NPs
Total n by group	700	600	350	350	104,576	107,408	59,539	76,746
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sex
Male	60	66	25	8	66	70	28	10
Female	40	34	75	92	34	30	72	90
Race/Hispanic identity^*
Hispanic	8	5	6	3	7	6	6	4
White	65	66	82	81	66	70	82	80
Black	2	2	3	6	3	2	2	6
Asian	20	23	5	5	20	18	6	6
Other	5	5	3	5	4	4	3	5
Age, years
Less than 35	13	11	33	18	4	2	42	23
35–44	29	30	35	30	21	19	28	26
45–54	26	26	17	21	31	31	16	21
55–64	21	23	12	23	30	28	10	22
65 or older	10	12	3	8	15	20	4	8
Type of practice
Private solo or group practice	60	78	62	50	72	82	61	52
Freestanding clinic/urgent care center	9	6	13	13	7	5	13	12
Non-federal government clinic	5	4	4	7	4	2	4	7
Federal government clinics	3	2	5	4	2	2	5	4
Health maintenance organizations	6	3	3	6	3	2	4	6
Community health centers	9	3	7	13	5	4	7	13
Other	7	5	6	8	6	3	6	8
Number of years in practice
Less than 5	15	12	29	26	7	5	33	27
5–10	21	22	27	28	13	13	27	29
11–15	13	13	15	14	13	11	13	13
16–20	14	13	13	11	15	18	12	10
More than 20	37	39	16	22	53	53	16	21
Number of prescriptions in a typical week
Less than 35 prescriptions	13	33	24	29	16	33	25	29
35–65 prescriptions	21	29	29	30	20	25	28	29
66–125 prescriptions	27	22	26	22	26	24	28	22
More than 125 prescriptions	39	15	21	19	38	18	19	20
Number of patients in a typical week
Less than 40 visits	9	8	11	16	13	11	11	17
40–79 visits	33	36	42	51	34	36	41	50
80–119 visits	40	31	35	23	35	28	35	23
120 or more visits	18	26	13	10	18	26	14	11

NPs, nurse practitioners; PAs, physician assistants; PCPs, primary care physicians; SPs, specialists.
↵* Asian, Black, Other, and White race categories are Non-Hispanic.