Table 4. Linear Regression Results (β-Coefficients) for Overall Scope of Practice Score of Early and Later-Career Family Physicians, NGS and RECERT 2014 -2018 .

	Early-Career FM Physicians		Later-Career FM Physicians
	N=5,334	95% CI	N=37,233	95% CI
Average SOP Score	16.1	[16.0–16.8]	14.7	[14.7–14.8]
Rural program [REF: urban]	–0.07	[-0.37–0.24]	0.32*	[0.11–0.54]
Rural practice location [REF: urban]	1.10	[0.94–1.26]	1.90	[1.81–1.99]
Female gender [REF: Male]	0.04	[-0.08–0.16]	–0.55	[-0.63– -0.48]
Age [linear]	–0.02	[-0.04– -0.01]	–0.03	[-0.03– -0.02]
MD degree [REF: DO]	–0.13	[-0.29–0.04]	0.56	[0.44–0.68]
International medical graduate [REF: US/Canada]	–0.78	[-0.92–-0.64]	–1.52	[-1.61– -1.42]
URM [REF: non-URM]	n/a	–	–0.93	[-1.06– -0.80]
Practices inpatient + continuity care	2.82	[2.69–2.95]	n/a
Residency Program Census Region [REF=Northeast]
Midwest	0.51	[0.32–0.69]	0.54	[0.43–0.64]
South	–0.002	[-0.18–0.18]	–0.51	[-0.62– -0.41]
West	0.97	[0.78–1.16]	0.16*	[0.05–0.28]

Abbreviations: SOP: scope of practice; URM: underrepresented in medicine. Bold values are significant at P <.001 except where indicated; *later-career rural program P=.003; later-career residency program census region—West P=.006.