Table 1 Characteristics of respondents (N = 952)

%

%

%

%

% Male

73.6

57.8

74.6

94.3

< 0.001

Years in Practice

< 0.001

   > 20

63.1

40.2

70.2

88.0

   10-19

18.8

26.0

19.9

8.0

   < 10

18.1

33.9

9.9

4.0

Region of country

0.003

   Northeast

23.7

18.3

25.7

29.3

   South

33.2

34.3

33.6

31.4

   Midwest

24.2

24.5

24.2

23.9

   West

18.9

22.9

16.6

15.4

Time spent in office based care

< 0.001

   > 75%

56.5

71.0

63.5

30.3

   51-74%

14.7

9.5

11.1

25.1

   50%

8.5

5.6

6.6

14.3

   25-49%

10.2

9.0

6.6

15.3

   < 25%

10.0

4.9

12.2

15.0

Practice setting

< 0.001

   Solo Practice

12.5

9.7

14.8

14.1

   Small Group (2-9 clinicians)

32.0

36.7

32.6

25.2

   Large Single Specialty group (10+ clinicians)

11.8

9.7

4.8

21.0

   Large multi-specialty group (10+ clinicians)

13.9

13.9

18.5

9.7

   Academic group

20.6

21.8

17.0

22.4

   Other

9.2

8.2

12.2

7.6

Use of electronic medical records

59.2

59.4

58.2

59.9

0.91

Computers in exam rooms

55.5

56.8

54.1

55.2

0.78

Internet connection for computers in exam rooms

94.1

92.7

95.9

94.3

0.46

Use personal digital assistant or smartphone

47.4

61.5

36.9

38.1

< 0.001