Physician perspectives on the burden and management of asthma in six countries: The Global Asthma Physician Survey (GAPS)

Table 1 Demographics of physician survey respondents

	Total N=1809	Canada N=307	France N=301	Germany N=300	Australia N=300	China N=300	Japan N=301
Age (years)
<35	7	13	10	1	9	12	-
35–44	25	25	16	15	23	46	13
45–54	30	27	25	30	31	35	29
55–64	28	23	40	39	25	8	41
>65	9	12	9	16	13	-	16
Gender
Male	61	56	63	59	59	40	86
Type of practice
Single specialty or solo GP	32	56	62	85	12	-	23
Multi-speciality or group GP	36	21	36	14	88	5	72
Hospital or hospital clinic	31	15	1	-	-	95	5
Continuing medical education on Asthma (ever)	79	94	69	98	92	92	54
Mean number of patients with asthma seen per month (n)	40	56	15	31	68	37	51
Ages of patients seen^a
Paediatric	13	21	24	5	33	2	11
Adolescent	12	17	19	9	21	6	11
Adult	78	63	57	86	46	94	80
Mean percentage of adult patients on maintenance medication	71	73	63	77	66	68	77

Values are % except where stated otherwise. ‘-’ represents values of 0% or <1%. Percentage values within categories may sum to <100% or >100% due to rounding and weightings applied. GP, general practitioner/physician. ^aPaediatric: <12 years; adolescent: 12–17 years (12–15 years in Canada); adult: ≥18 years (≥16 years in Canada)

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