Table 5.

Practice Settings and Patient Populations of Clinicians in Urban California

		Patients in Clinicians’ Practice Who Are
	Clinicians Practicing in Community Clinics % (95% CI)	Medicaid Beneficiaries Mean % (95% CI)	Uninsured Mean % (95% CI)	Minorities Mean % (95% CI)
Family physicians	3.0 (0.8–5.2)	9.4 (6.8–12.0)	6.2 (4.6–7.9)	49.3 (42.8–55.8)
General pediatricians	4.4 (1.4–7.4)	19.2 (15.0–23.4)	4.8 (3.1–6.5)	58.1 (50.8–65.4)
General internists	3.8 (1.0–6.6)	7.1 (5.0–9.3)	4.2 (2.5–5.8)	47.7 (40.5–55.0)
Obstetrician-gynecologists	0.01 (0.0–0.2)	13.7 (9.8–17.6)	4.4 (3.3–5.4)	53.1 (44.5–61.7)
Nurse practitioners	20.8 18.9–22.7)	25.5 (24.1–27.0)	24.6 (23.0–26.1)	61.5 (59.2–63.8)
Physician assistants	14.8 (11.8–17.8)	31.0 (28.3–33.8)	17.1 (14.9–19.2)	65.4 (61.4–69.4)
Certified nurse-midwives	17.1 (12.8–21.4)	43.2 (38.7–47.6)	10.7 (8.2–13.2)	66.3 (60.9–71.7)

CI = confidence interval.

P < .001 for overall differences across clinician groups for each item.