Table 2.

Clinician Demographics and Practice Characteristics

Variablen (%)
Network affiliation (N = 494)
    CaReNet217 (43.9)
    RIOS Net150 (30.4)
    SERCN31 (6.3)
    UNM Preceptor93 (18.8)
    Other3 (0.6)
Practice type (N = 484)
    Community health center184 (38.0)
    Indian Health Service53 (11.0)
    University faculty122 (25.2)
    Veterans Administration4 (0.8)
    Solo practitioner16 (3.3)
    Other group practice105 (21.7)
Specialty (N = 485)
    Family medicine216 (44.5)
    Pediatrics71 (14.6)
    Internal medicine81 (16.7)
    Nurse practitioners/physician assistants43 (8.9)
    Family medicine resident64 (13.2)
    Other resident10 (2.1)
Years since completing primary care residency* (N = 368)
    <10139 (37.8)
    10–20115 (31.2)
    >20101 (27.4)
    Not applicable13 (3.5)
Community Size (N = 491)
    Town ≤25,000 people109 (22.2)
    Town >25,000 but <100,000 people60 (12.2)
    City of 100,000 to 500,000 people88 (17.9)
    Urban or suburban area in city of >500,000 people (not inner city)138 (28.1)
    Inner city, >500,000 people96 (19.6)
HCV patients currently in practice (N = 491)
    094 (19.1)
    1–5180 (36.7)
    6–20139 (28.3)
    >2078 (15.9)
New diagnoses of HCV during the past year (N = 395)
    0103 (26.1)
    1–5246 (62.3)
    6–1534 (8.6)
    >1512 (3.0)
Prescribed antiviral therapy for HCV patients (N = 393)
    Yes72 (18.3)
  • * Among physicians not currently in residency.

  • Among clinicians with HCV patients in their practice.

  • HCV, hepatitis C; CaReNet, Colorado Research Network; RIOS Net, Research Involving Outpatient Settings Network; SERCN, Southeast Regional Clinicians’ Network; UNM, University of New Mexico.