Table 2 Special services and populations (among physicians providing any community-based primary care, N = 355)
Characteristic, N (%) | Full-time CBPC N = 112 (21.3%) | Mostly CBPC N = 141 (26.9%) | Mostly other work N = 102 (19.4%) | Full-time hospital/ facility N = 97 (18.5%) | Locum N = 73 (13.9%) | Total N = 525 | Test statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||||||
Gender (women) | 42 (37.5) | 92 (65.3) | 60 (58.8) | 53 (54.6) | 44 (60.3) | 291 (55.5) | χ2 = 20.6‡ |
Ave. years in practice (SD) | 26.2 (13.0) | 21.1 (11.9) | 21.3 (13.6) | 25.0 (12.8) | 17.7 (15.0) | 22.5 (13.3) | F = 6.2† |
First 10 years in practice | 27 (24.1) | 42 (29.8) | 40 (39.2) | 26 (14.8) | 40 (22.7) | 175 (33.3) | χ2 = 23.7‡ |
International medical graduates | 39 (34.8) | 36 (25.5) | 18 (17.7) | 13 (13.4) | 6 (8.2) | 112 (21.3) | χ2 = 25.6‡ |
Any rural practice | 16 (14.3) | 36 (25.5) | 15 (14.7) | 15 (15.5) | 29 (39.7) | 111 (21.1) | χ2 = 24.3‡ |
Work hours (total)2 | 54.3 (12.7) | 44.9 (12.0) | 39.1 (14.1) | 39.5 (15.2) | 40.0 (18.0) | 44.1 (15.2) | F = 22.1‡ |
Patient care | 38.3 (11.0) | 31.1 (10.8) | 24.3 (12.7) | 26.4 (12.9) | 27.8 (14.5) | 30.0 (13.1) | F = 21.3‡ |
Paperwork | 10.8 (6.0) | 9.3 (6.1) | 6.3 (4.2) | 7.4 (6.5) | 8.3 (5.9) | 8.6 (6.0) | F = 9.2‡ |
Business activities | 2.7 (2.9) | 2.2 (2.5) | 1.6 (2.2) | 1.4 (1.7) | 1.6 (2.1) | 2.0 (2.4) | F = 5.6† |
Clinical supervision | 2.4 (4.9) | 2.0 (3.0) | 2.2 (5.6) | 3.7 (6.0) | .4 (1.1) | 2.2 (4.6) | F = 5.5† |
Other3 | 3.1 (6.8) | 3.3 (5.2) | 6.6 (10.5) | 5.3 (7.5) | 3.8 (11.7) | 4.3 (8.1) | F = 2.3 |
Ave. number of practice locations (SD) | 1.7 (1.0) | 2.1 (1.1) | 2.6 (1.3) | 2.0 (1.4) | 5.8 (4.0) | 2.6 (2.3) | F = 62.3‡ |
Works in 1+ hospital ER | 3 (2.7) | 14 (10.0) | 22 (21.6) | 39 (11.0) | χ2 = 19.8‡ | ||
Works in 1+ inpatient facility | 24 (21.4) | 44 (31.2) | 47 (46.1) | 115 (32.4) | χ2 = 15.0† | ||
Practice type4 | |||||||
General | 63 (56.3) | 56 (39.7) | 14 (13.7) | 133 (38.3) | χ2 = 54.2‡ | ||
Focused | 2 (1.8) | 6 (4.3) | 19 (20.2) | 27 (7.8) | |||
Mixed | 47 (42.0) | 79 (56.0) | 61 (59.8) | 187 (53.9) | |||
Panel size (across all locations)5 | |||||||
≤ 100 | 8 (7.1) | 18 (12.8) | 44 (43.1) | 70 (20.1) | χ2 = 104.1‡ | ||
101–500 | 8 (7.1) | 33 (23.4) | 27 (26.5) | 68 (19.5) | |||
501–1000 | 23 (20.5) | 33 (23.4) | 9 (8.8) | 65 (18.7) | |||
1001–2000 | 45 (40.2) | 47 (33.3) | 11 (10.8) | 103 (29.6) | |||
> 2000 | 28 (25.0) | 10 (7.1) | 4 (3.9) | 42 (12.1) | |||
Provides call coverage | 94 (83.9) | 114 (80.6) | 79 (77.5) | 79 (81.4) | 51 (69.9) | 417 (79.4) | χ2 = 6.1 |
Planning to retire within 5 years | 27 (24.1) | 34 (24.1) | 20 (19.6) | 29 (29.9) | 21 (28.8) | 131 (25.0) | χ2 = 3.5 |