Table 1.
Characteristics of IMGs and USMGs practicing in the United States
| IMGs | USMGs | P value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1,000) | (n = 1,000) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 50.5 (13.3) | 47.6 (13.4) | <.001 |
| Years since graduation, mean (SD) | 23.4 (13.0) | 18.2 (13.0) | <.001 |
| Gender | |||
| Female (%) | 30.0 | 26.1 | .05 |
| Practice specialty† | |||
| Family Practice (%) | 8.3 | 12.1 | <.001 |
| Internal Medicine (%) | 21.9 | 12.0 | |
| Pediatrics (%) | 8.7 | 7.5 | |
| OBGYN (%) | 4.1 | 5.5 | |
| General surgery (%) | 3.3 | 4.6 | |
| Board certification‡ (%) | 72.6 | 81.1 | <.001 |
| Practice type§ | |||
| Resident (%) | 13.4 | 13.8 | .72 |
| Direct patient care (%) | 83.2 | 79.6 | |
| Administration (%) | 1.0 | 1.6 | |
| Medical teaching (%) | 1.3 | 1.2 | |
| Medical research (%) | 1.2 | 1.1 | |
| Practice locationΓ | |||
| Urban (%) | 89.2 | 88.0 | .60 |
| Large rural (%) | 5.6 | 6.8 | |
| Small rural (%) | 1.7 | 2.2 | |
| Isolated small rural (%) | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| Primary employer¶ | |||
| Governmental (%) | 6.4 | 4.6 | <.001 |
| Solo practice (%) | 19.9 | 13.4 | |
| 2 Physician practice (%) | 2.6 | 3.3 | |
| Group practice (%) | 20.8 | 31.2 | |
| HMO (%) | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
| Medical school (%) | 2.9 | 2.8 | |
| Non- governmental hosp (%) | 16.3 | 17.2 | |
*Based on t-tests for interval variables (age, years since graduation) and chi-square tests for categorical variables.
†Only primary care specialties are listed.
‡Residents excluded from denominator.
§Only relevant categories are listed; data missing for n = 91.
ΓData missing for n = 49.
¶Only relevant categories are listed.