Table 1 Demographic characteristics of both small-town and academic medical center online survey questionnaire respondents
Small-town | Academic Medical Center | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physician (n = 3) | Physician assistant (n = 2) | Nurse practitioner (n = 1) | Physician (n = 14) | Physician assistant (n = 2) | Nurse practitioner (n = 2) | |
Specialty | ||||||
Family medicine | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Emergency medicine | 1 | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Internal medicine | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pediatric medicine | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
Practice location | ||||||
Hospital | 1 | – | – | 14 | 2 | 2 |
Urgent care | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Private practice | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Years in practice | ||||||
Less than 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – |
1–5 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 |
5–10 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
10 or more | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – |