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Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents for whom demographic data were available

From: The moral psychology of rationing among physicians: the role of harm and fairness intuitions in physician objections to cost-effectiveness and cost-containment

Characteristic

No./Total No. (%)

Female sex

283/1011 (28)

Age (years)

 

  Less than 50

471/1011 (47)

  50 or older

540/1011 (53)

Race or ethnic group

 

 White or Caucasian

786/1011 (78)

 Asian

146/1011 (14)

 Other

50/1011 (5)

 Black or African-American

25/1011 (2)

 American Indian or Alaska

4/1011 (0.4)

 Native

Region*

 

 South

331/1032 (32)

 Midwest

251/1032 (24)

 Northeast

227/1032 (22)

 West

215/1032 (21)

Primary specialty

 

 Primary care

407/1032 (39)

 Surgery

212/1032 (21)

 Procedural specialty

206/1032 (20)

 Nonprocedural specialty

175/1032 (17)

 Non-clinical

22/991 (2)

 Other

10/991 (1)

  1. *8 responding physicians were from Puerto Rico.
  2. Includes 6 physicians from Hawaii and 3 from Alaska.