Table 4.
Physician and practice characteristics associated with high frustration, multivariable model
| Characteristic | Odds Ratio (95% CI)* |
| Age | |
| < 40 years | 1.7 (1.1–2.7) |
| 40 or more years | 1.0 |
| Stress | |
| Below average | 1.0 |
| Above average | 2.3 (1.5–3.4) |
| Specialty | |
| Family medicine | 1.0 |
| General internal medicine | 1.5 (0.9–2.3) |
| Medicine subspecialty | 2.0 (1.3–3.3) |
| Hours worked per week | |
| ≤55 hours | 1.0 |
| >55 hours | 1.5 (1.0–2.2) |
| Patients with psychosocial problems | |
| Fewer than average | 1.0 |
| More than average | 2.1 (1.4–3.2) |
| Patients with substance abuse | |
| Fewer than average | 1.0 |
| More than average | 2.9 (1.8–4.5) |
* Multivariable logistic regression, adjusted for weights and stratification (n = 1341).