Table 1 Physician and practice demographic information (n = 78)
From: A survey of severe asthma in Canada: results from the CASCADE practice reflective program
Number of physicians: | |
Invited to participate | 99 |
Submitted practice profile | 78 |
Reviewed patients | 69 |
Duration of practice, years | |
Median | 12 |
Range | 1–46 |
Primary practice type, % (n) | |
Academic or teaching hospital | 37% (29) |
Solo | 26% (20) |
Group | 23% (18) |
Community hospital | 14% (11) |
Specialization, % (n) | |
Respirologist | 67% (52) |
Allergist | 31% (24) |
Other | 3% (2) |
Province of practice, % (n) | |
Ontario | 53% (41) |
Quebec | 18% (14) |
Alberta | 9% (7) |
British Columbia | 6% (5) |
Nova Scotia | 6% (5) |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4% (3) |
Saskatchewan | 3% (2) |
Manitoba | 1% (1) |
Estimated number of severe asthma patients seen in a week | |
Median | 5.0 |
Mean | 8.3 |
Range | 0–50 |
Mean (range) of physician estimated proportion of severe asthma patients in the practice who are: | |
< 12 years old | 2.5% (0–40%) |
12–18 years old | 6.2% (0–100%) |
> 18 years old | 91.3% (15–100%) |