Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents by practice type

Characteristics	Group (n = 191)	Solo (n = 57)	HMO (n = 30)	Practice type Academic or VA (n = 27)	CHC (n = 20)	Other (n = 8)*	Total (n = 333)
Percentage of cohort	57	17	9	8	6	2	99†
No longer volunteering, no. (%)	24 (13)	4 (7)	7 (23)	4 (15)	2 (10)	4 (50)	45 (14)
Years in practice, mean	15.1	20.1	16.8	12.5	10.0	13.6	15.5
Years volunteering, mean	9.3	9.6	8.3	6.3	5.8	5.6	8.5
Patients per day, mean	22.3	17.8	27.7	16.2	18.7	16.3	21.2
HMO = health maintenance organization; VA = [Department of] Veterans Affairs; CHC = community health center.

^*Not specified.

^†Total adds up to less than 100% because of rounding.