Table 1.

Characteristics of International Medical Graduate (IMG) and US Medical Graduate (USMG) Patient Care Physicians in California

Physician Characteristic	IMG (n=14,637)	USMG (n=46,458)	P Value*
Study sample (%)	24	76
Age (%)
<46 years	23	33	<.001
46–55 years	30	29
56–65 years	33	25
>65 years	14	13
Gender (%)
Female	31	26	<.001
Race/Ethnicity (%)
Non-Latino white	36	70	<.001
Latino	6	5
Black	1	4
Asian	31	16
South Asian	19	2
Other	7	3
Self-reported language fluency (%)
Speak English only	16	55	<.001
Speak one other language	56	37
Speak two or more other languages	28	8
Medical specialty (%)
Primary care†	58	69	<.001
Non-primary care	42	31

^*Calculated with χ² tests for group comparison

^†Family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics