Table 1.
Personal and Professional Characteristics of Participating Physicians (N = 529)
| Personal Characteristic | Na (%) | Professional Characteristic | Na (%) or Mean ± SD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race/ethnicity | Medical school location | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 310 (58.6) | United States or Canada | 430 (81.6) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 87 (16.4) | Specialty | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 74 (14.8) | Primary care specialties | 182 (34.5) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 24 (4.5) | Surgica1 subspecialties | 71 (13.5) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 30 (5.7) | Internal medicine subspecialties | 64 (12.1) |
| Sex | Ob/gyn or ob/gyn subspecialties | 36 (6.8) | |
| Male | 346 (71.3) | General surgery | 15 (2.8) |
| Nativity | Pediatric subspecialties | 10 (1.9) | |
| US born | 401 (76.4) | Other | 150 (28.4) |
| Self-rated health | Years in practice | 18.9 ±13.5 | |
| Excellent | 227 (43.4) | Setting | |
| Very good | 216 (41.3) | Private group practice | 174 (33.5) |
| Good | 62 (11.9) | Solo practice | 115 (22.2) |
| Fair/poor | 18 (3.4) | Hospital-based practice | 78 (15.0) |
| Age | Academic | 74 (14.3) | |
| ≤40 | 105 (20.0) | Group/staff model HMO | 21 (4.1) |
| 41–49 | 137 (26.1) | Community health center | 17 (3.3) |
| 50–59 | 169 (32.2) | Hospitalist | 14 (2.7) |
| 60–69 | 81 (15.4) | Other | 26 (4.9) |
| ≥70 | 33 (6.3) | Years at current setting | 12.5 ±10.7 |
| Religious affiliation | Hours worked per week | 49.6 ±16.3 | |
| Protestantism | 183 (35.1) | Board certification | |
| Catholicism | 116 122.2) | Yes | 437 (80.3) |
| No affiliation | 88 (16.9) | Income (< US $200000) | 199 (40.8) |
| Judaism | 55 (10.5) | Total educational debt (< US $50000) | 373 (71.4) |
| Hinduism | 22 (4.2) | Region of the United States | |
| Islam | 16 (3.1) | Northeast | 128 (24.7) |
| Other | 42 (8.1) | Midwest | 114 (22.0) |
| Sexual orientation | South | 166 (32.1) | |
| Heterosexual | 494 (95.0) | West | 110 (21.2) |
| Relationship status | |||
| Married/living as married | 427 (81.0) |
Abbreviation: HMO, health maintenance organization.
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Numbers may not sum to total n due to missing data.