Table 1.
Demographics of Early Career Family Physicians, Overall and by Loan Repayment Program
| Demographic | Value (P Value) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N = 10,677) | PSLF (n = 1,653) | NHSC (n = 504) | IHS (n = 32) | Military (n = 525) | Other (n = 2,360) | |
| Age, mean, y | 35.8 | 35.2 (<.001) | 35.8 (.88) | 36.4 (.40) | 36.0 (.37) | 35.3 (<.001) |
| Gender, % | ||||||
| Female | 56.3 | 57.4 (.34) | 62.7 (.003) | 78.2 (.01) | 35.1 (<.001) | 55.3 (.30) |
| Male | 43.7 | 42.7 | 37.3 | 21.9 | 65.0 | 44.7 |
| Medical degree, % | ||||||
| MD | 81.8 | 71.0 (<.001) | 80.8 (.55) | 96.9 (.03) | 61.3 (<.001) | 82.2 (.49) |
| DO | 18.2 | 29.0 | 19.3 | 3.1 | 38.7 | 17.8 |
| International medical graduate, % | ||||||
| Yes | 32.8 | 18.1 (<.001) | 12.3 (<.001) | 0 (<.002) | 4.4 (<.001) | 29.6 (<.001) |
| No | 67.2 | 81.9 | 87.7 | 100.0 | 95.6 | 40.5 |
| Race, %a | ||||||
| Asian | 17.1 | 9.3 (<.001) | 7.7 (<.001) | 3.1 (.04) | 6.9 (<.001) | 12.8 (<.001) |
| Black or African American | 5.6 | 5.6 (.93) | 9.5 (<.002) | 0 (.17) | 4.8 (.40) | 5.0 (.20) |
| White | 51.9 | 70.3 (<.001) | 57.5 (.009) | 18.8 (<.002) | 68.6 (<.001) | 66.7 (<.002) |
| Other | 2.3 | 1.6 (.051) | 2.8 (.46) | 53.1 (<.001) | 1.5 (.23) | 1.5 (.005) |
| Ethnicity, %a | ||||||
| Hispanic | 8.4 | 5.9 (<.002) | 9.7 (.33) | 4.2 (.46) | 8.2 (.86) | 6.5 (<.002) |
| Non-Hispanic | 91.6 | 94.1 | 90.3 | 95.8 | 91.8 | 93.5 |
DO = doctor of osteopathy; IHS = Indian Health Service; MD = doctor of medicine; NHSC = National Health Service Corps; PSLF = Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Notes: Data are from the American Board of Family Medicine National Graduate Survey, 2016-2020. A total of 5,603 family physicians reported using no loan repayment program. P values are for comparison of the program group vs the overall sample.
a
Available for the 2017-2020 cohorts only.