Table 2.

Distribution According to Level of Satisfaction by Specialty, Practice Characteristics, and Income (All Physicians)^*

	Very Satisfied, %	Somewhat Satisfied, %	Somewhat Dissatisfied, %	Very Dissatisfied, %
Specialty
Primary care physicians
Family medicine/general practitioner	43.0	37.9	13.2	4.1
General internal medicine	37.4	40.0	16.2	4.4
Pediatrics	49.2	37.0	10.5	2.2
Specialists
Medical specialty	45.5	39.7	10.2	2.8
Surgical specialty	44.7	34.2	14.0	5.7
Psychiatry	39.4	37.5	15.8	5.5
Obstetrics or gynecology	33.1	40.5	17.5	7.4
Practice Characteristics
Solo practice	37.5	34.7	17.3	8.3
Two-physician practice	41.9	39.7	13.4	4.0
Small group practice, 3–9 physicians	47.6	38.4	10.9	2.2
Medium group practice, 10–29 physicians	50.0	36.1	10.5	3.1
Large group practice, ≥30 physicians	43.7	44.4	9.3	0.9
Group or staff model HMO	38.4	43.8	16.6	3.2
Hospital-owned practice	44.7	40.8	10.6	2.1
Medical school practice	49.6	37.8	9.8	1.7
Other	43.8	38.9	12.4	2.7
Income†
Quintile 1	37.1	36.6	16.3	6.8
Quintile 2	40.2	39.1	14.8	4.5
Quintile 3	42.3	41.2	11.8	3.6
Quintile 4	47.3	37.5	11.1	3.2
Quintile 5	48.0	34.9	12.5	3.6

Source: HSC Community Tracking Study 1996–1997 Physician Survey.

^*Rows do not total 100% because a small number of physicians responded that they were “neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.”

^†Quintiles were derived from self-reported net practice income for each of the seven specialty categories.