Factor, n (%) | Physicians N = 290 |
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Countrya | |
Germany | 60 (20.7) |
France | 51 (17.6) |
Italy | 70 (24.1) |
United Kingdom (UK) | 49 (16.9) |
Spain | 60 (20.7) |
Type of practice | |
General hospital | 157 (54.1) |
Centre specializing in lung diseases | 120 (41.4) |
Office-based practice | 42 (14.5) |
MDT available | 213 (73.4) |
MDT team members | |
Respiratory specialist/pulmonologist | 212 (99.5) |
Radiologist | 206 (96.7) |
Pathologist | 165 (77.5) |
ILD/IPF Specialist Nurse | 70 (32.9) |
Other | 44 (20.7) |
Expert center (France, Germany, and Spain)a | 90/171 (52.6) |
General University Hospital with >60 patients and MDTb | 40 (23.4) |
Office-based physicians with >60 patients and MDT | 5 (2.9) |
Lung clinic with MDT availableb | 47 (27.5) |
Expert center (UK and Italy)a | |
Authorized to prescribe pirfenidone | 80/119 (67.2) |