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Current Practice Patterns of Primary Care Physicians in the Management of Patients With Hepatitis C
table  2.   Baseline Demographics of the Respondents
Percent of
Entire HMO 		Percent of Respondents
P
All
(n = 404) 		Subgroup*
 (n = 126)
Specialty
  Internal medicine 34 31 30 NS
  Family medicine 45 48 52 NS
  Other 21 21 18 NS
Number of years in practice
  0-5 years 25 24 21 NS
  6-10 years 25 22 17 NS
  >10 years 50 54 62 NS
Number of hepatitis C patients seen in the
previous year
  None 27 25 NS
  1-5 patients 57 56 NS
  6-10 patients 11 13 NS
  >10 patients  5  6 NS
Experience with alpha
interferon therapy
  None 71 43 <.0001
  Followed patients treated by specialists 27 42 <.001 
  Treated patients along with specialist  2 13 <.0001
  Treat patients alone  0  2 <.001 
Exposure to the NIH consensus statement
  Have not seen it 75 83 <.05  
  Have read excerpts 23 14 <.03  
  Have read the entire
statement		  2  3 NS
* Subgroup represents the physicians who responded to both the initial and second surveys.

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