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Table 1 Physician practice characteristics

From: Reasons for treatment changes in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a chart review study

 

N = 152

Physician specialty (%)

 Psychiatry

40.1%

 Pediatrics

25.0%

 Family medicine

21.7%

 Internal medicine

13.2%

Practice type (%)

 Private/community practice

77.6%

 Institutional academic

13.2%

 Institutional non-academic

9.2%

Size of practice (%)

 Individual

17.1%

 2–9 physicians

48.0%

  ≥ 10 physicians

34.9%

Region of practice (%)

 Northeast

24.3%

 Midwest

25.0%

 South

32.2%

 West

18.4%

Setting of practice (%)

 Suburban

53.9%

 Urban

36.2%

 Rural

9.9%

Types of healthcare coverage accepted (%)

 Commercial/private insurance

95.4%

 Medicaid

77.0%

 Medicare

67.8%

 Military insurance (VA or active military)

54.6%

 Other

5.3%

Number of adult patients with ADHD treated on an annual basis (%)

 1–25

26.3%

 26–50

17.8%

 51–75

11.8%

 76–100

17.1%

  ≥ 101

27.0%

  1. ADHD Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, VA Veteran Affairs