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. 2004 Oct;39(5):1589–1606. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00305.x

Table 2.

Determinants of the Percentage of Physician Earnings Based on Individual Productivity: Productivity-based Salary (Medical Groups) and Fee-for-Service (IPAs)

Medical Groups IPAs


Primary Care Specialty Care Primary Care Specialty Care
HMO Market Penetration, 21–30% −13.21** −12.97** −39.36*** −8.27
(5.59) (5.25) (8.52) (7.67)
HMO Market Penetration, 31–45% −17.00*** −16.90*** −23.06*** −18.80**
(5.33) (5.10) (8.77) (7.86)
HMO Market Penetration, Greater Than 45% −12.37** −21.10*** −41.66*** −26.08***
(5.80) (5.50) (8.23) (7.43)
Number of Physicians −0.017** −0.016** 0.010* 0.013***
(0.007) (0.006) (0.005) (0.005)
Multispecialty 2.01 29.11*** 2.77 34.93***
(5.54) (4.95) (10.64) (11.45)
Owned by Hospital or HMO −19.54*** −23.75*** 3.99 2.12
(4.22) (4.15) (7.09) (6.21)
Age of Organization 0.233*** 0.212*** 0.405 −0.190
(0.087) (0.082) (0.468) (0.400)
Intercept 67.27 46.86 59.29 48.39
(6.48) (5.59) (11.58) (13.14)
Adjusted R2 0.14 0.22 0.11 0.12
N 412 423 215 206

Note: Standard errors in parentheses. Sample sizes differ because organizations without primary care physicians are not included in regressions for primary care payment method, and analogously for the specialist payment regressions.

*

=p<.10;

**

=p<.05;

***

=p<.01.