Table 2.

Physician Attitudes Toward Medi-Cal Patients and Medi-Cal Managed Care Program

	Weighted Primary Care (n = 645)	Weighted Specialist (n = 962)	P Value
Agree Medi-Cal patients, %
Have complex clinical problems	77	82	.01
Have complex psychosocial problems	86	81	.02
Are noncompliant	72	77	.02
Require extra time for explanations	70	73	.27
Unsettle other patients in the waiting room	36	38	.26
Increase the risk of being sued	47	55	.002
Agree Medi-Cal managed care is, %
Improving Medi-Cal overall	50	34	<.0001
Increasing reimbursement	30	18	<.0001
Making it easier to obtain tests and consults	47	28	<.0001
Increasing the hassles of caring for Medi-Cal patients	50	72	<.0001

Weighted values have been adjusted according to sampling stratification and response rate to represent the total population of primary care and specialist physicians in the areas we studied.