Characteristics of reporting clinicians and their practice
| Variable | N (%) | |
| Gender | Man | 116 (48) |
| Woman | 126 (52) | |
| Age groups | ≤50 | 137 (57) |
| >50 | 104 (43) | |
| Year of FRACP award or equivalent | Pre 1980 | 9 (4) |
| 1980–1999 | 94 (39) | |
| ≥2000 | 138 (57) | |
| State of practice | New South Wales | 85 (35) |
| Victoria | 65 (27) | |
| Queensland | 40 (17) | |
| Western Australia | 25 (10) | |
| South Australia | 11 (5) | |
| ACT | 8 (3) | |
| Tasmania | 3 (1) | |
| Northern territory | 2 (1) | |
| ASGC postcode classification of remoteness | Metropolitan (RA 1) | 205 (85) |
| Rural (RA 2–3) | 32 (13) | |
| Remote (RA 4–5) | 2 (1) | |
| Specialty | Paediatric generalist | 130 (54) |
| Subspecialist | 111 (46) | |
| Practice type | Hospital-based | 135 (56) |
| Private practice | 19 (8) | |
| Hospital and private practice | 85 (35) | |
| Number of new patients seen in a typical week | <1 | 4 (2) |
| 1–5 | 79 (33) | |
| 5–10 | 92 (38) | |
| 10-20 | 46 (19) | |
| >20 | 19 (8) | |
| Number of rare disease patients seen during clinical career | 1–5 | 22 (10) |
| 6–10 | 35 (16) | |
| 11–20 | 29 (13) | |
| >20 | 69 (31) | |
| >100 | 66 (30) |
ASGC, Australian Standrad Geographical Classification; FRACP, Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.