Primary care provider characteristics according to cancer screening type
Cervical cancer screening | Mammography screening | Colorectal cancer screening | |
---|---|---|---|
All providers | 316 (100.0%) | 301 (100.0%) | 306 (100.0%) |
Sex | |||
Male | 102 (32.2%) | 100 (33.2%) | 103 (33.6%) |
Female | 214 (67.7%) | 201 (66.7%) | 203 (66.3%) |
Degree | |||
MD | 291 (92.0%) | 281 (93.3%) | 285 (93.1%) |
DO | 19 (6.0%) | 17 (5.6%) | 17 (5.5%) |
NP or PA | 6 (1.8%) | 3 (0.9%) | 4 (1.3%) |
Specialty | |||
Family medicine | 168 (53.1%) | 161 (53.4%) | 162 (52.9%) |
Internal medicine | 148 (46.8%) | 140 (46.5%) | 144 (47.0%) |
Language proficiencya | |||
Any Asian language | 25 (7.9%) | 25 (8.3%) | 25 (8.1%) |
Chinese | 12 (3.7%) | 12 (3.9%) | 12 (3.9%) |
Vietnamese | 4 (1.2%) | 4 (1.3%) | 4 (1.3%) |
Indian | 9 (2.8%) | 9 (2.9%) | 9 (2.9%) |
↵aProviders who report language capability of “Very good,” “Excellent,” or “Fluent” in an Asian language.