Table 2.

Characteristics of Attending Physicians

	Attending Type
	Hospitalist	General Medicine	Subspecialist	All Physicians
Physicians, N	12	24	27	63
Male, %	50.0	50.0	85.2	65.1
Number of years as MD*
Mean	6.1	9.7	21.6	14.1
Median	5	8.5	18	12
Number of months as ward attending during the study period, mean	6	1.7	1.2	2.3

^*Number of years from medical school graduation to the beginning of the study period.