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Table 1 Characteristics of Respondents and Non-respondents

From: Barriers to identifying and obtaining CME: a national survey of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Domain

Subdomain

Respondents No. (%); N = 500

Non-respondents

No. (%); N = 1395

P

Gender

Female

251 (50%)

742 (53%)

.25

Male

249 (50%)

653 (47%)

 

Region of USAa

Northeast

140 (28%)

330 (24%)

.04

Midwest

95 (19%)

292 (21%)

 

South

146 (30%)

491 (35%)

 

West

111 (23%)

279 (20%)

 

Age (years)b

< 40

92 (24%)

189 (27%)

.59

40–49

123 (33%)

203 (29%)

 

50–59

87 (23%)

161 (23%)

 

≥60

74 (20%)

147 (21%)

 
  1. a N = 392 and 1392 for region, for respondents and non-respondents respectively, due to incomplete data in database
  2. b N = 376 and 700 for age, for respondents and non-respondents respectively, due to missing responses