Summarized Participant Characteristics
Participants, No. | 23 |
Years practicing medicine | |
Mean | 27.4 |
Minimum | 3 |
Maximum | 44 |
State distribution, No. (%) | |
Minnesota | 12 (52) |
Rhode Island | 11 (48) |
Specialty, No. (%) | |
Family medicine | 17 (74) |
Internal medicine (PCP) | 5 (22) |
Internal medicine-pediatrics | 1 (4) |
Practice setting, No. (%) | |
Academic | 10 (44) |
For profit | 6 (26) |
Nonprofit | 7 (30) |
Personal connection to adoption, No. (%) | |
Yes | 17 (74)a |
No | 6 (26) |
Personal connection to LFMH, No. (%) | |
Yes | 20 (87) |
No | 3 (13) |
LFMH = limited family medical history; PCP = primary care physician.
↵a A total of 8 (35%) were parents who adopted (4 from Rhode Island, 4 from Minnesota), and 3 (13%) were siblings or aunt/uncle of adoptee.