Table 1.
Personal and practice characteristics of primary care providers— DocStyles Survey, 2008
| Physician Characteristics |
Total |
Men |
Women |
|---|---|---|---|
|
(n = 1,454) |
(n = 1,092) |
(n = 362) |
|
| (%) | (%) | (%) | |
|
Age |
|
|
|
| 26-35 |
17.9 |
15.7 |
24.6 |
| 36-45 |
40.6 |
39.7 |
43.1 |
| 46-55 |
28.3 |
29.4 |
25.1 |
| ≥56 |
13.2 |
15.2 |
7.2 |
|
Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
| White |
72.0 |
73.4 |
67.7 |
| Black |
3.4 |
2.6 |
5.8 |
| Hispanic |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
| Asian |
15.7 |
15.0 |
18.0 |
| Other |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
|
Smoking status |
|
|
|
| Smoker |
6.7 |
8.3 |
1.7 |
| Nonsmoker |
93.3 |
91.7 |
98.3 |
|
Health care provider |
|
|
|
| Family/general practitioners |
34.1 |
34.3 |
33.7 |
| Internists |
32.5 |
34.4 |
26.5 |
| Pediatricians |
16.8 |
14.1 |
24.9 |
| Obstetricians/gynecologists |
16.6 |
17.2 |
14.9 |
|
Teaching privileges |
|
|
|
| Yes |
57.0 |
57.4 |
55.8 |
| No |
43.0 |
42.6 |
44.2 |
|
Type of practice |
|
|
|
| Individual |
16.7 |
17.9 |
13.0 |
| Group |
64.0 |
64.7 |
61.9 |
| Hospital/clinic |
19.3 |
17.3 |
25.1 |
|
Years in practice |
|
|
|
| 0-5 |
13.5 |
11.9 |
18.5 |
| 6-10 |
31.8 |
30.7 |
35.1 |
| 11-20 |
32.4 |
31.6 |
34.8 |
| ≥21 |
22.3 |
25.8 |
11.6 |
|
Number of physicians in practice |
|
|
|
| 1-2 |
26.0 |
26.5 |
24.6 |
| 3-5 |
27.2 |
27.2 |
27.1 |
| 6-10 |
22.5 |
21.9 |
24.6 |
| 11-25 |
12.9 |
13.0 |
12.4 |
| ≥26 |
11.5 |
11.5 |
11.3 |
|
Number of patients per week |
|
|
|
| 1-75 |
21.3 |
17.9 |
31.2 |
| 76-100 |
34.4 |
32.5 |
40.1 |
| 101-150 |
32.8 |
36.4 |
22.1 |
| ≥151 |
11.6 |
13.2 |
6.6 |
| Total | — | 75.1 | 24.9 |