Table 3.

Proportion of Family Physicians Who Had Adopted PCV7, by Practice Characteristics

Practice CharacteristicsHave Adopted PCV7 (n = 176) (%)P Value
Number of physicians at practice site
 154< .005
 264
 355
 463
 5–1082
 >1081
Proportion of patients <5 years old covered by Medicaid
 <10%57= .001
 10%–40%73
 >40%85
Proportion of patients who are African-American
 <10%64< .05
 10%–40%75
 >40%93
Annual newborn enrollment
 <2057< .001
 20–4071
 >4091
  • P values indicate level of significance for comparison of proportions of adopters among physicians with different characteristics within each category.