Table 2.

Characteristics of 167 U.S. Physician Organizations Associated With Efforts to Address Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Variable	No activities to address health disparities, no. (%)*	$1 activity to address health disparities, no. (%)*	P value
Specialty			.16
Primary care (n = 9)	1 (11)	8 (89)
Subspecialty (n = 158)	53 (34)	105 (67)
Membership size†			.004
≤1,000 (n = 12)	5 (42)	7 (58)
1,001–5,000 (n = 47)	19 (40)	28 (60)
>5,000 (n = 50)	6 (12)	44 (88)
Minority physician organization			.07
Yes (n = 12)	1 (8)	11 (92)
No (n = 155)	53 (34)	102 (66)
Health disparities committee			<.001
Yes (n = 40)	2 (5)	38 (95)
No (n = 127)	52 (41)	75 (59)

^*Percentage values reflect the use of row totals as the denominator.

^†Data for this variable were not available for all 167 organizations.