Characteristics of Practices With Patients Who Had Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test Results but No Complete Diagnostic Evaluation (N = 201)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Note: Not all practices provided complete demographic information. Missing numbers are from solo practices. General practice made up just 8%, or 4% of the practices, and was combined with family medicine. | |
| Administrative arrangement | |
| Solo | 53 (26) |
| Group | 148 (74) |
| Physician age (median) | |
| Less than 45 years | 90 (45) |
| 45 years or older | 109 (55) |
| Specialty | |
| Family medicine | 146 (73) |
| Internal medicine | 44 (22) |
| Both specialties | 11 (5) |
| Board certified | |
| 100% | 154 (77) |
| Not 100% | 47 (23) |
| Sex | |
| All male | 133 (66) |
| Not all male | 68 (34) |
| Ethnicity | |
| All white | 163 (81) |
| Not all white | 38 (19) |
| Years in practice (median) | |
| <18 y | 91 (45) |
| ≥18 y | 109 (55) |