Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical practice characteristics of physician survey respondents
From: Practice variation in physician referral for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
| Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Practice type | ||
| Academic | 23 | 21% |
| Not academic | 89 | 79% |
| Practice setting | ||
| Urban | 87 | 78% |
| Rural | 24 | 22% |
| Distance to closest HCT center | ||
| At center | 16 | 14% |
| Within 10 miles | 25 | 22% |
| Within 25 miles | 20 | 18% |
| Within 50 miles | 11 | 10% |
| >50 miles | 40 | 36% |
| % Effort in clinical care | ||
| <25% | 6 | 5% |
| 25–49% | 4 | 4% |
| 50–74% | 12 | 11% |
| 75–100% | 90 | 80% |
| Proportion of patients with hematological malignancies | ||
| <25% | 62 | 57% |
| 25–49% | 39 | 36% |
| 50–74% | 2 | 2% |
| 75–100% | 6 | 6% |
| Years in practice since Hematology/Oncology fellowship training | ||
| <5 | 14 | 13% |
| 5–9 | 25 | 22% |
| 10–14 | 31 | 28% |
| 15–19 | 16 | 14% |
| ≥20 | 26 | 23% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 74 | 68% |
| Female | 35 | 32% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 68 | 62% |
| Hispanic | 7 | 6% |
| Black/African–American | 32 | 29% |
| Asian | 0 | 0% |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0 | 0% |
| American Indian or Alaska native | 3 | 3% |
