Table 4.
Associations between Physician Characteristics and Performance on Quality Measures by Type of Care Provided
| Type of Care | Gender Specific Care | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Measures | Acute | Chronic | Preventive | Male-Specific | Female-Specific | |||||||
| n, Physicians | 10,408 | 8,221 | 8,466 | 5,779 | 697 | 5,717 | ||||||
| n, Measure Opportunities | 1,704,686 | 448,961 | 706,238 | 546,425 | 2,019 | 524,234 | ||||||
| Mean, Quality Measure Opportunities per Physician | 163.8 | 54.6 | 83.4 | 94.6 | 2.9 | 91.7 | ||||||
| Parameter | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value |
| Degree | ||||||||||||
| D.O. | 61.1% | 0.03 | 55.3% | 0.99 | 60.1% | 0.37 | 67.5% | 0.02 | 76.8% | 0.003† | 64.5% | 0.18 |
| M.D. | 62.5% | 55.3% | 60.8% | 70.3% | 60.8% | 65.7% | ||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 61.9% | <.001† | 55.3% | 0.73 | 61.0% | 0.07 | 68.2% | <.001† | 60.6% | 0.22 | 64.0% | <.001† |
| Female | 63.6% | 55.4% | 60.4% | 73.6% | 65.8% | 68.4% | ||||||
| Board Certification | ||||||||||||
| None | 59.3% | <.001† | 53.6% | 0.001† | 58.5% | 0.04 | 64.7% | <.001† | 59.5% | 0.73 | 60.9% | <.001† |
| ABMS or AOA | 62.7% | 55.5% | 60.9% | 70.6% | 61.7% | 66.0% | ||||||
| Years in Practice | ||||||||||||
| <10 Years | 62.3% | 0.38 | 56.7% | <.001† | 60.8% | 0.88 | 68.3% | <.001† | 66.9% | 0.02 | 65.8% | 0.54 |
| 10–19 Years | 62.4% | 55.9% | 60.8% | 69.4% | 63.9% | 65.7% | ||||||
| 20–29 Years | 62.5% | 55.1% | 60.8% | 70.5% | 60.8% | 65.6% | ||||||
| 30–39 Years | 62.7% | 53.5% | 60.7% | 72.8% | 54.8% | 65.4% | ||||||
| 40–49 Years | 62.8% | 52.7% | 60.7% | 73.9% | 51.7% | 65.2% | ||||||
| ≥ 50 Years | 62.9% | 51.9% | 60.7% | 75.0% | 48.7% | 65.1% | ||||||
| Medical School | ||||||||||||
| International | 61.6% | <.001† | 55.1% | 0.32 | 60.6% | 0.57 | 68.0% | <.001† | 55.0% | 0.02 | 64.6% | 0.007† |
| Domestic | 62.6% | 55.4% | 60.8% | 70.7% | 63.2% | 65.9% | ||||||
| Malpractice | ||||||||||||
| No Malpractice Claims | 62.4% | 0.26 | 55.3% | 0.62 | 61.0% | <.001† | 69.8% | <.001† | 61.0% | 0.22 | 65.2% | <.001† |
| 1+ Malpractice Claim | 62.8% | 55.5% | 58.7% | 73.5% | 64.8% | 68.7% | ||||||
| Disciplinary Action | ||||||||||||
| No Disciplinary Actions | 62.5% | 0.02 | 55.4% | 0.15 | 60.8% | 0.22 | 70.2% | 0.15 | 61.6% | 0.20 | 65.7% | 0.18 |
| 1+ Disciplinary Actions | 60.0% | 53.4% | 59.2% | 66.4% | 53.3% | 62.7% | ||||||
| US News Research Rank | ||||||||||||
| Attended a lower or unranked school | 62.5% | 0.14 | 55.5% | 0.04 | 60.8% | 0.42 | 70.3% | 0.40 | 61.4% | 0.80 | 65.8% | 0.011† |
| Attended a top 10 school | 61.9% | 54.4% | 60.5% | 69.4% | 62.4% | 64.0% | ||||||
| US News Primary Care Rank | ||||||||||||
| Attended a lower or unranked school | 62.5% | 0.54 | 55.4% | 0.60 | 60.7% | 0.38 | 70.3% | 0.44 | 61.7% | 0.61 | 65.6% | 0.91 |
| Attended a top 10 school | 62.2% | 55.1% | 61.2% | 69.4% | 59.4% | 65.5% | ||||||
†
Statistically significant difference, allowing a maximum false discovery rate of 5% (critical P value = 0.0116).