Is patient insurance type related to physician recommendation, administration and referral for adult vaccination? A survey of US physicians

Figures & data

Table 1. Physician characteristics (N = 1,000).

Physician characteristics	Summary statistics, n (%)
Specialty (primary profession)
Internist	500 (50.0)
Family Practitioner	444 (44.4)
General Practitioner	56 (5.6)
Board certification
Board certified	994 (99.4)
Board eligible	3 (0.3)
Neither certified nor eligible	3 (0.3)
Gender
Male	719 (71.9)
Female	281 (28.1)
Geographic location
Northeast	212 (21.2)
Midwest	231 (23.1)
South	346 (34.6)
West	211 (21.1)
Physician time practicing since residency, years
Mean	17.1
Physician age, years
Mean	49.2
Setting in which majority of physician time is spent treating patients
Private practice	692 (69.2)
Outpatient clinic	211 (21.1)
Hospital (university or academic)	40 (4.0)
Community teaching	38 (3.8)
Community non-teaching	19 (1.9)
Primary practice location
Urban	275 (27.5)
Suburban	588 (58.8)
Rural	137 (13.7)
Practice type
Large group practice	524 (52.4)
Small group practice	306 (30.6)
Solo practice	170 (17.0)
Practice description
Independent	485 (48.5)
Part of an integrated health system that includes hospitals, practices and other healthcare settings	428 (42.8)
Part of an integrated health system that includes other practices like yours only; but not inclusive of hospitals or others	79 (7.9)
Other	8 (0.8)

Figure 1. (a) Annual physical/well visits by adult patients, (b) Barriers to adult patients receiving vaccinations.

Figure 2. Criteria physicians use to determine patient eligibility for various vaccines.

Figure 3. (a) Eligible patients recommended vaccine by insurance type, (b) Eligible patients administered/referred to vaccine by insurance type.

Figure 4. Barriers as identified by physicians to (a) Influenza, (b) Tdap and (c) Zoster vaccinations.

Figure 5. Willingness to administer Tdap and zoster vaccines if covered under Medicare Part B instead of Medicare Part D.

Figure 6. Focus on the patient.

Figure 7. Survey design.