Table 2. Structural and financial characteristics of MBA programs reported in individual studies.
| MBA PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee et al. | Mody et al. | Pathipati et al. | Sherman et al. | |||||
| Surgical Subspecialty | Plastics | Orthopaedics | Ophthalmology | Orthopaedics | ||||
| Number of Subjects (n) | 19 | 127 | 120 | 66 | ||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| MD/MBA Structural Characteristics | ||||||||
| Program Type | ||||||||
| Synchronous (MD/MBA combined program) | 5 | 26% | 35 | 28% | 44 | 37% | - | - |
| Asynchronous (ex. Full-time, Part-time, Executive) | 14 | 74% | 92 | 72% | 76 | 63% | - | - |
| MD/MBA Financial Characteristics | ||||||||
| Funding of MBA Degree | ||||||||
| Personal | 15 | 79% | - | - | - | - | 51 | 77% |
| Institutional or Departmental | 9 | 47% | - | - | - | - | 9 | 14% |
| Cost of MBA Degree (in thousands) | ||||||||
| Average - Synchronous | 87 | - | - | 59 | ||||
| Average - Asynchronous | - | - | - | 91 | ||||
Abbreviations: MBA, Master of Business Administration; MD, Medical Doctorate