Table 1 Physician demographics and caseloads

Physician specialty

%

%

 General practice, primary care, emergency room

26

45

 GYN, OB/GYN, URO/GYN

28

28

 URO

17

22

 Internist (outpatient)

11

3

 Internist (inpatient)

15

2

 Infectious disease^a

4

–

Physician care setting

%

%

 Office-based practice (public)

0

83

 Private practice^a

62

–

 University/teaching hospital

10

12

 Regional/community hospital

17

3

 Health center

4

1

 Regional center

2

2

 Private hospital

3

0

 Urgent care

2

0

Patient caseload^b

mean (%)

mean (%)

Total patient caseload

357.7

418.1

 General practice, primary care, emergency room

440.1

507.5

 GYN, OB/GYN, URO/GYN

321.2

350.7

 URO

339.0

331.7

 Internist (outpatient)

310.2

300.0

 Internist (inpatient)

364.1

416.7

 Infectious disease^a

258.8

–

Total complicated UTI caseload

24.9 (7.0)

21.8 (5.2)

 General practice, primary care, emergency room

26.3 (6.0)

18.2 (3.6)

 GYN, OB/GYN, URO/GYN

10.6 (3.3)

17.1 (4.9)

 URO

41.4 (12.2)

36.5 (11.0)

 Internist (outpatient)

33.6 (10.8)

16.5 (5.5)

 Internist (inpatient)

15.5 (4.3)

16.7 (4.0)

 Infectious disease^a

55.4 (21.4)

–

Total uncomplicated UTI caseload

40.9 (11.4)

47.0 (11.2)

 General practice, primary care, emergency room

48.3 (11.0)

49.7 (9.8)

 GYN, OB/GYN, URO/GYN

32.0 (10.0)

29.9 (8.5)

 URO

48.4 (14.3)

68.1 (20.5)

 Internist (outpatient)

47.1 (15.2)

29.0 (9.7)

 Internist (inpatient)

32.6 (9.0)

25.0 (6.0)

 Infectious disease^a

35.9 (13.9)

–

Proportion of time spent in clinic seeing patients with uUTI

%

%

 General practice, primary care, emergency room

29

36

 GYN, OB/GYN, URO/GYN

23

35

 URO

36

51

 Internist (outpatient)

35

23

 Internist (inpatient)

30

15

 Infectious disease^a

28

–

Age range of patients treated

%

%

  > 65 years

32

31

 55–65 years

25

24

 18–54 years

35

35

 12–17 years

6

8

 0–11 years

2

3