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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of prescriber groups

From: Prescription patterns for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Michigan Medicaid: a comparison by prescriber type

 

Pediatric rheumatologist prescriber (N = 188)

Internist rheumatologist prescriber (N = 57)

Non-rheumatology specialist prescriber (N = 27)

PCP prescriber (N = 41)

Age

    

0-5 years

27 (14%)

3 (5%)

0 (0%)

6 (15%)

6-10 years

43 (23%)

10 (18%)

2 (7%)

4 (10%)

11-15 years

76 (40%)

11 (19%)

7 (26%)

19 (46%)

16-21 years

42 (22%)

33 (58%)

18 (67%)

12 (29%)

Race

    

Caucasian

109 (58%)

43 (75%)

15 (56%)

28 (68%)

African American

66 (35%)

8 (14%)

10 (37%)

10 (24%)

Other/unknown

13 (7%)

6 (11%)

2 (7%)

3 (7%)