Table 1.
Faculty Demographics
| Characteristic | Physician Faculty (N = 16,418), n(%) |
|---|---|
| Physician funding by teaching unit | |
| Full-time (50% or more funded time) | 6,052 (37) |
| Part-time (<50% funded time) | 2,167 (13) |
| Volunteer (no funded time in unit) | 8,162 (50) |
| Other | 37 (0.2) |
| Number of physicians in teaching unit | |
| <25 | 1,142 (7) |
| 25–75 | 4,182 (25) |
| >75 | 11,094 (68) |
| Primary location of physicians | |
| University/medical school | 3,814 (23) |
| Non–university/medical school setting* | 9,332 (57) |
| Other† | 1,521 (9) |
| Missing/no answer | 1,751 (11) |
| Specialty | |
| General internal medicine | 8,190 (50) |
| Subspecialty of internal medicine | 5,956 (36) |
| Other | 323 (2) |
| Missing/no answer | 1,949 (12) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 9,281 (57) |
| Female | 3,000 (18) |
| Missing/no answer | 4,137 (25) |
| Race/ethnic origin | |
| African American | 392 (2) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 25 (0.2) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 797 (5) |
| Hispanic | 252 (2) |
| Middle Eastern | 372 (2) |
| White (non Hispanic) | 7,414 (45) |
| Other | 241 (2) |
| Missing/no answer | 6,925 (42) |
*
Includes VA, military, and community-based public, private, and HMO settings.
†
Other settngs include health centers, nursing homes, and hospices.