COVID-19 vaccine and patient dismissal practices
| Variables | N or mean | % or SD |
| Physicians should dismiss parents or patients who refuse COVID-19 vaccination | ||
| Strongly agree | 17 | 3.0 |
| Somewhat agree | 34 | 5.9 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 81 | 14.1 |
| Somewhat disagree | 129 | 22.5 |
| Strongly disagree | 210 | 36.7 |
| Missing | 102 | 17.8 |
| What are potential reasons for dismissing families or patients who refuse COVID-19 vaccine? | ||
| Concern for safety of other patients | 273 | 47.6 |
| Concern for the safety of clinical staff | 234 | 40.8 |
| Lack of shared goals for care | 169 | 29.50 |
| Lack of trust between patient and doctor | 157 | 27.4 |
| Other | 54 | 9.4 |
| Fear of litigation | 41 | 7.2 |
| Negative effect on quality metrics | 40 | 7.0 |
| How confident are you in your ability to respond to patients/parents who want to delay or refuse the COVID-19 vaccine because* | ||
| They think the vaccine will cause illness | 8.12 | 2.0 |
| They do not know enough about it | 8.08 | 1.9 |
| It is not needed or necessary | 7.92 | 2.0 |
| They heard or read bad things about the vaccine in the news | 7.52 | 2.2 |
| They do not trust healthcare personnel | 7.41 | 2.4 |
| They have concerns about lasting health problems due to the vaccine | 7.09 | 2.3 |
| It is not consistent with their religious or personal beliefs | 5.85 | 2.9 |
*Mean and SD. For these questions, physicians rated their confidence on a scale of 1–10 with one being the least confident and 10 being the most confident.