Table 2: Characteristics of survey respondents’ practice environment (n = 181).
| n (%) | |
| Practice environment | |
| • Pediatric emergency department | 9 (5.0) |
| • Emergency department, mixed age | 161 (89.0) |
| • Other* | 11 (6.1) |
| Practice setting | |
| • Academic institution | 54 (29.8) |
| • Community facility | 126 (69.6) |
| • Military facility | 0 (0) |
| • Other^ | 1 (0.6) |
| Surrounding community | |
| • Urban | 79 (43.6) |
| • Suburban | 83 (45.9) |
| • Rural | 15 (8.3) |
| • Other# | 4 (2.2) |
| Number of pediatric visits | |
| • < 25 k | 143 (79.0) |
| • 25 k-50 k | 23 (12.7) |
| • 50 k-75 k | 10 (5.5) |
| • 75 k-100 k | 2 (1.1) |
| • > 100 k | 3 (1.7) |
| Geographical location | |
| • Northeast - New England | 4 (2.2) |
| • Northeast - Middle Atlantic | 0 (0) |
| • Midwest - East North Central | 118 (65.2) |
| • Midwest - West North Central | 8 (4.4) |
| • South - South Atlantic | 6 (3.3) |
| • South - East South Central | 7 (3.9) |
| • South - West South Central | 12 (6.6) |
| • West - Mountain | 16 (8.8) |
| • West - Pacific | 10 (5.5) |
*Includes combination of adult and pediatric EDs, adult-only ED, ICU, urgent care; ^Includes 1 mix of community and academic; #Includes mixes of diverse sites.