Table 5.
Associations between Physician Characteristics and Performance on Quality Measures by Physcician Specialty
| Cardiology | Endocrinology | Family/General Practice | Internal Medicine | Obstetrics and Gynecology | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n, Physicians | 482 | 152 | 989 | 3,587 | 877 | |||||
| n, Quality Measure Opportunities | 98,202 | 22,805 | 277,555 | 953,053 | 248,451 | |||||
| Mean Number of Quality Measure Opportunites per Physician | 203.7 | 150.0 | 280.6 | 265.7 | 283.3 | |||||
| Parameter | Mean | p-value | Mean p-value | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value | Mean | p-value | |
| Degree | ||||||||||
| D.O. | 66.2% | 0.78 | - | 0.99 | 61.5% | 0.30 | 61.7% | 0.17 | 63.3% | 0.05 |
| M.D. | 66.7% | 66.6% | 62.6% | 62.8% | 61.8% | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 66.8% | 0.43 | 68.4% | 0.05 | 61.6% | <.001† | 62.0% | <.001† | 61.5% | 0.25 |
| Female | 66.2% | 64.5% | 63.8% | 64.1% | 62.2% | |||||
| Board Certification | ||||||||||
| None | 66.9% | 0.93 | 68.7% | 0.42 | 58.8% | 0.02 | 60.6% | <.001† | 60.5% | 0.17 |
| ABMS or AOA | 66.7% | 66.5% | 62.9% | 62.9% | 62.0% | |||||
| Years in Practice | ||||||||||
| <10 Years | 66.8% | 0.94 | 67.1% | 0.73 | 62.7% | 0.68 | 62.7% | 0.72 | 61.3% | 0.30 |
| 10–19 Years | 66.8% | 66.9% | 62.6% | 62.7% | 61.6% | |||||
| 20–29 Years | 66.7% | 66.6% | 62.4% | 62.8% | 61.9% | |||||
| 30–39 Years | 66.7% | 66.0% | 62.2% | 62.9% | 62.6% | |||||
| 40–49 Years | 66.7% | 65.8% | 62.1% | 62.9% | 62.9% | |||||
| ≥ 50 Years | 66.7% | 65.5% | 61.9% | 63.0% | 63.2% | |||||
| Medical School | ||||||||||
| International | 67.3% | 0.25 | 66.9% | 0.87 | 61.5% | 0.21 | 61.9% | 0.001† | 60.6% | 0.14 |
| Domestic | 66.6% | 66.6% | 62.7% | 63.0% | 62.0% | |||||
| Malpractice | ||||||||||
| No Malpractice Claims | 66.8% | 0.08 | 66.9% | 0.03 | 62.6% | 0.18 | 62.8% | 0.06 | 61.5% | 0.01 |
| 1+ Malpractice Claim | 65.0% | 60.9% | 61.2% | 61.9% | 62.9% | |||||
| Disciplinary Action | ||||||||||
| No Disciplinary Actions | 66.8% | 0.008† | 66.7% | 0.16 | 62.5% | 0.51 | 62.8% | 0.56 | 61.9% | 0.56 |
| 1+ Disciplinary Actions | 64.0% | 59.1% | 60.6% | 61.8% | 58.8% | |||||
| US News Research Rank | ||||||||||
| Attended a lower or unranked school | 66.8% | 0.82 | 66.8% | 0.79 | 62.4% | 0.06 | 62.8% | 0.19 | 62.2% | 0.003† |
| Attended a top 10 school | 66.6% | 65.7% | 65.4% | 62.2% | 59.1% | |||||
| US News Primary Care Rank | ||||||||||
| Attended a lower or unranked school | 67.0% | 0.07 | 66.7% | 0.84 | 62.6% | 0.42 | 62.7% | 0.33 | 61.9% | 0.34 |
| Attended a top 10 school | 65.3% | 65.7% | 61.8% | 63.3% | 60.9% | |||||
†
Statistically significant difference, allowing a maximum false discovery rate of 5% (critical P value = 0.0116).