Table 2.

Selection and Preferences for Primary Care Physicians

Selection/Preference	%
How did you select your regular doctor?	—
Referred by another doctor	33
Recommended by a friend	27
Chose from a medical insurance list	12
Assigned when called for an appointment	9
Other	19
I prefer a doctor who has
Just completed training and opened a new office	2
Been in practice more than 5 y	59
Been in practice more than 15 y	22
No preference	17
Would you prefer your regular doctor be a man or woman?
Strongly prefer woman	10
Prefer woman	8
Prefer man	12
Strongly prefer man	11
No preference	59