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Table 1 Respondent demographic summary (n = 563)

From: Do healthcare providers consider the social determinants of health? Results from a nationwide cross-sectional study in the United States

 

#

%

Gender

  

 Male

409

72.6

 Female

141

25.0

 No response

13

2.3

Position

  

 Physician

544

96.6

 Nurse

9

1.6

 Other

10

1.8

Specialty

  

 Internal Medicine

110

19.5

 Surgery

84

14.9

 Anesthesiology

65

11.5

 Pediatrics

61

10.8

 Family/General

45

8.0

 Rehab/Chiropractic

38

6.7

 Psychiatry

28

5.0

 Other

132

23.4

Facility Type

  

 Ambulatory Clinic

218

38.7

 Community Hospital

155

27.5

 Research Hospital

118

21.0

 Outpatient

44

7.8

 Other

28

5.0

Age

  

 Over 75

33

5.9

 66–75

84

14.9

 56–65

150

26.6

 46–55

127

22.6

 Under 46

41

7.3

 No response

128

22.7

Race/Ethnicity

  

 White

456

81.0

 Multiracial

45

8.0

 Hispanic

16

2.8

 Black or African American

15

2.7

 Asian

1

0.2

 Other

6

1.1

 No response

24

4.3

Region

  

 South

198

35.2

 West

161

28.6

 Midwest

112

19.9

 Northeast

88

15.6

 No response

4

0.7

Urban/Rural

  

 Urban core

463

82.2

 Large town

29

5.2

 Suburb of urban core

14

2.5

 Rural

7

1.2

 Small town

4

0.7

 No response

46

8.2