Characteristics of Clinicians Participating in the Survey (N = 497), Including Comparison of Those Responding to Either the Long-Version Survey or the Short Version*
| Participants | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Form | |||
| Long | Short | |||
| Network | ||||
| SF Bay CRN | 134 (27.0%) | 118 (27.6%) | 16 (22.9%) | <.001 |
| SERCN | 24 (4.8%) | 17 (4.0%) | 7 (10.0%) | |
| BIGHORN | 42 (8.5%) | 38 (8.9%) | 4 (5.7%) | |
| CaReNet | 93 (18.7%) | 87 (20.4%) | 6 (8.6%) | |
| RIOS Net | 125 (25.2%) | 117 (27.4%) | 8 (11.4%) | |
| SPUR-Net | 79 (15.9%) | 50 (11.7%) | 29 (41.4%) | |
| Geographic setting | ||||
| Small town, ≤ 25K pop. | 79 (16.8%) | 74 (18.4%) | 5 (7.2%) | .05 |
| Medium town, > 25K pop. | 40 (8.5%) | 36 (9.0%) | 4 (5.8%) | |
| City 100K–500K pop. | 54 (11.5%) | 45 (11.2%) | 9 (13.0%) | |
| Urban/Suburban > 500K pop. | 134 (28.5%) | 116 (28.9%) | 18 (26.1%) | |
| Urban inner city > 500K pop. | 164 (34.8%) | 131 (32.6%) | 33 (47.8%) | |
| Clinic type | ||||
| Community health center | 200 (42.2%) | 169 (41.7%) | 31 (44.9%) | .03 |
| Indian health service | 34 (7.2%) | 34 (8.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Solo practitioner | 23 (4.9%) | 21 (5.2%) | 2 (2.9%) | |
| University practice | 125 (26.4%) | 101 (24.9%) | 24 (34.8%) | |
| Other group practice | 92 (19.4%) | 80 (19.8%) | 12 (17.4%) | |
| Clinician training | ||||
| MD | 402 (85.0%) | 339 (83.9%) | 63 (91.3%) | .75 |
| DO | 14 (3.0%) | 13 (3.2%) | 1 (1.4%) | |
| NP | 24 (5.1%) | 22 (5.4%) | 2 (2.9%) | |
| PA | 31 (6.6%) | 28 (6.9%) | 3 (4.3%) | |
| Other degree | 2 (0.4%) | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Years since completed training | ||||
| N/A | 29 (6.2%) | 25 (6.2%) | 4 (5.8%) | .85 |
| <5 years | 77 (16.3%) | 65 (16.2%) | 12 (17.4%) | |
| 5 to 10 years | 101 (21.4%) | 83 (20.6%) | 18 (26.1%) | |
| 11 to 20 years | 145 (30.8%) | 125 (31.1%) | 20 (29.0%) | |
| >20 years | 119 (25.3%) | 104 (25.9%) | 15 (21.7%) | |
↵* Totals for some demographic characteristics do not equal 497 because of missing data.
SF Bay CRN, San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Research Network; SERCN, Southeast Regional Clinicians' Network; BIGHORN, Health Outcomes Research Network; CaReNet Colorado Research Network; RIOS Net, Research Involving Outpatient Setting Network; SPUR-Net, Southern Primary Care Urban Research Network; MD, doctor of medicine; DO, doctor of osteopathy; NP, nurse practioner; PA, physician assistant.