Table 1.

Physician Characteristics and Practice Location Shortage Designation by Race and Ethnicity in California^a

	White	African American	Latino	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	Total
Total, n	29 797	1555	2475	11 303	1585	1673	48 388
Specialty, %
Primary careb	29.0	38.1	46.7	40.9	54.6	42.6	34.3
Medical subspecialties	11.2	7.9	9.5	13.6	8.6	11.9	11.5
Obstetrics/gynecology	5.2	9.7	6.7	4.5	3.2	5.3	5.2
Surgical specialties	17.6	13.1	11.0	4.4	7.1	10.4	15.2
Psychiatry	8.2	6.4	6.6	12.1	9.5	6.0	7.2
Facility-basedc	10.9	7.8	6.6	11.2	7.9	10.4	10.5
Other	17.9	16.9	12.8	13.2	13.3	13.3	16.0
Age, y, %
<35	2.5	3.3	4.6	6.7	3.3	6.0	3.7
35–44	19.6	25.5	28.9	35.2	24.5	29.5	24.4
45–54	28.9	32.9	35.7	25.6	30.3	29.3	28.7
55–64	31.0	24.6	21.4	22.0	25.0	24.9	27.8
≥65	18.1	13.6	9.4	10.4	16.9	10.3	15.4
Gender, %
Male	75.8	63.3	71.2	67.4	54.4	67.7	72.3
Female	24.2	36.7	28.8	32.6	45.6	32.3	27.8
International graduate status, %
United States	85.5	88.7	69.5	56.0	70.2	54.7	75.0
International	14.5	11.3	30.5	44.0	29.8	45.3	25.0
Patient care hours per week, %
1–9	7.8	5.4	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.3	6.4
10–19	8.6	7.3	6.2	5.1	4.6	5.8	7.4
20–29	13.4	11.1	11.7	9.6	8.0	10.1	12.1
30–39	20.2	19.9	21.6	20.5	18.6	19.4	20.2
≥40	50.1	56.3	56.6	60.9	65.1	60.4	54.0

^aAll categories are significantly different at p < .001 using χ² test.

^bPrimary care = family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics.

^cFacility-based = anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and radiology.