Table 1 Characteristics of respondents*
| Percent | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | |
| Family medicine | 39 |
| General internal medicine | 27 |
| Cardiology | 29 |
| Other | 5 |
| Male | 73 |
| Years in practice | |
| ≥ 20 | 61 |
| 10-19 | 18 |
| < 10 | 22 |
| Region of country | |
| Northeast | 24 |
| South | 34 |
| Midwest | 24 |
| West | 18 |
| Time spent in office-based patient care | |
| ≥75% | 55 |
| 25 to 74% | 34 |
| < 25% | 11 |
| Practice setting | |
| Solo or small group | 44 |
| Large group | 26 |
| Academic/other | 31 |