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. 2000 Jul;15(7):441–450. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.05239.x

Table 2a.

Satisfaction Scores by Specialty, Practice Setting, Gender, and Ethnicity

Autonomy(SE) PersonalTime(SE) Patient Relationships(SE) Patient Care Issues(SE) Colleague Relationships(SE) StaffRelationships(SE)
Family medicine 3.37 (.04) 2.92 (.04) 3.90 (.04) 3.08 (.04) 3.64 (.04) 3.79 (.04)
General internal medicine 3.27 (.05) 2.84 (.06) 3.77 (.06) 3.01 (.06) 3.59 (.04) 3.69 (.04)
General pediatrics 3.42 (.04) 2.96 (.05) 3.92 (.04) 3.31 (.05) 3.72 (.04) 3.81 (.04)
Internal medicine subspecialty 3.34 (.05) 2.69 (.05) 3.89 (.05) 3.26 (.05) 3.80 (.04) 3.75 (.04)
Pediatric subspecialty 3.50 (.04) 2.66 (.05) 3.75 (.05) 3.45 (.04) 3.77 (.04) 3.81 (.04)
Solo practice 3.12 (.06) 2.76 (.07) 4.01 (.06) 3.07 (.06) 3.44 (.04) 3.71 (.05)
Small group 3.37 (.04) 2.86 (.04) 3.93 (.04) 3.15 (.04) 3.70 (.03) 3.83 (.03)
Large single specialty group 3.45 (.12) 2.85 (.11) 3.69 (.09) 3.11 (.11) 3.84 (.08) 3.65 (.10)
Large multispecialty group 3.41 (.07) 2.77 (.08) 3.80 (.08) 3.08 (.07) 3.64 (.06) 3.84 (.04)
HMO 3.74 (.09) 2.95 (.10) 3.65 (.14) 2.98 (.11) 3.65 (.09) 3.54 (.07)
Academic 3.50 (.06) 2.85 (.07) 3.77 (.10) 3.36 (.07) 3.94 (.05) 3.80 (.07)
Male 3.38 (.03) 2.88 (.02) 3.84 (.03) 3.13 (.03) 3.65 (.02) 3.76 (.02)
Female 3.26 (.04) 2.86 (.05) 3.88 (.05) 3.11 (.05) 3.67 (.04) 3.75 (.04)
Nonminority 3.38 (.03) 2.86 (.03) 3.84 (.03) 3.13 (.03) 3.66 (.02) 3.79 (.02)
Minority 3.18 (.05) 2.95 (.05) 3.91 (.05) 3.14 (.05) 3.62 (.04) 3.59 (.04)
Underrepresented minority 3.41 (.09) 2.98 (.11) 3.95 (.11) 3.38 (.10) 3.71 (.09) 3.68 (.10)
Community(SE) Income(SE) Administration(SE) Resources(SE) Global(SE) Career(SE) Specialty(SE)
Family medicine 3.84 (.05) 3.13 (.05) 2.57 (.05) 3.73 (.04) 3.77 (.04) 3.79 (.05) 3.69 (.05)
General internal medicine 3.59 (.06) 2.92 (.06) 2.62 (.06) 3.62 (.05) 3.52 (.06) 3.55 (.07) 3.17 (.07)
General pediatrics 3.73 (.06) 3.02 (.06) 2.66 (.05) 3.76 (.04) 3.81 (.05) 3.80 (.05) 3.76 (.06)
Internal medicine subspecialty 3.70 (.06) 2.97 (.06) 2.58 (.05) 3.70 (.04) 3.71 (.05) 3.77 (.06) 3.47 (.07)
Pediatric subspecialty 3.62 (.05) 3.08 (.06) 2.79 (.04) 3.62 (.04) 3.69 (.05) 3.74 (.05) 3.60 (.05)
Solo practice 3.77 (.07) 2.70 (.06) 2.27 (.06) 3.82 (.05) 3.57 (.06) 3.56 (.07) 3.22 (.09)
Small group 3.85 (.05) 3.23 (.05) 2.53 (.04) 3.82 (.04) 3.83 (.04) 3.78 (.05) 3.63 (.05)
Large single specialty group 3.82 (.10) 2.98 (.14) 2.61 (.11) 3.77 (.11) 3.80 (.10) 3.90 (.13) 3.61 (.11)
Large multispecialty group 3.86 (.07) 3.14 (.08) 2.70 (.06) 3.63 (.07) 3.71 (.08) 3.74 (.09) 3.51 (.10)
HMO 3.39 (.13) 3.05 (.13) 3.19 (.10) 3.49 (.07) 3.37 (.13) 3.50 (.12) 3.46 (.12)
Academic 3.51 (.09) 2.84 (.09) 2.68 (.09) 3.38 (.09) 3.70 (.10) 3.94 (.09) 3.88 (.10)
Male 3.79 (.03) 3.07 (.03) 2.59 (.03) 3.75 (.03) 3.71 (.03) 3.73 (.04) 3.46 (.04)
Female 3.55 (.05) 2.90 (.06) 2.64 (.05) 3.54 (.05) 3.65 (.05) 3.65 (.05) 3.64 (.05)
Nonminority 3.76 (.03) 3.07 (.03) 2.60 (.03) 3.73 (.03) 3.72 (.03) 3.71 (.03) 3.50 (.04)
Minority 3.52 (.05) 2.79 (.07) 2.65 (.05) 3.56 (.05) 3.59 (.06) 3.71 (.06) 3.54 (.06)
Underrepresented minority 3.81 (.10) 3.01 (.16) 2.73 (.11) 3.62 (.14) 3.89 (.12) 4.06 (.11) 3.98 (.13)