Table 2.
Comparison of Senior Medical Student Recommendations for Cardiac Vignette Patients Based on Vignette Patient Gender and Race, 2012
| Student group | Vignette gender | Vignette race | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Χ2 (p value) | Black | White | Χ2 (p value) | |||||
| N | Procedure (%) | N | Procedure (%) | N | Procedure (%) | N | Procedure (%) | |||
| Overall | 6,758 | 43.5 | 6,902 | 42.4 | 1.76 (0.18) | 6,845 | 43.9 | 6,815 | 42.0 | 4.75 (0.03) |
| Vignette SES* | ||||||||||
| 1–2 | 2,501 | 41.1 | 2,586 | 38.8 | 2.66 (0.10) | 2,541 | 41.6 | 2,546 | 38.2 | 6.20 (0.01) |
| 3–4 | 1,738 | 42.8 | 1,713 | 40.1 | 2.49 (0.11) | 1,773 | 42.6 | 1,678 | 40.2 | 1.97 (0.16) |
| 7–9 | 2,519 | 46.5 | 2,603 | 47.4 | 0.47 (0.49) | 2,531 | 47.0 | 2,591 | 46.9 | 0.004 (0.95) |
| Student gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 3,325 | 42.7 | 3,309 | 41.7 | 0.72 (0.39) | 3,371 | 43.2 | 3,263 | 41.3 | 2.48 (0.12) |
| Female | 3,312 | 44.0 | 3,431 | 42.8 | 1.05 (0.31) | 3,333 | 44.1 | 3,410 | 42.7 | 1.36 (0.24) |
| Unknown | 121 | 51.2 | 162 | 48.1 | 141 | 55.3 | 142 | 43.7 | ||
| Student race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| AA, H, NA† | 717 | 45.6 | 767 | 45.8 | 0.004 (0.95) | 751 | 45.8 | 733 | 45.6 | 0.01 (0.93) |
| Other | 5,838 | 43.1 | 5,875 | 41.8 | 2.11 (0.15) | 5,869 | 43.4 | 5,844 | 41.6 | 3.88 (0.05) |
| Unknown | 203 | 47.3 | 260 | 45.8 | 225 | 5.7 | 238 | 42.4 | ||
| Student SES | ||||||||||
| Low or lower middle | 908 | 45.5 | 993 | 42.5 | 1.72 (0.19) | 911 | 44.2 | 990 | 43.6 | 0.07 (0.79) |
| Middle | 2,692 | 42.5 | 2,690 | 41.6 | 0.48 (0.49) | 2,758 | 42.6 | 2,624 | 41.4 | 0.77 (0.38) |
| Upper middle | 2,546 | 44.0 | 2,561 | 42.7 | 0.79 (0.37) | 2,528 | 44.9 | 2,579 | 41.8 | 4.74 (0.03) |
| Upper | 420 | 4.7 | 429 | 43.4 | 0.61 (0.44) | 434 | 41.2 | 415 | 42.9 | 0.24 (0.63) |
| Unknown | 192 | 49.0 | 229 | 46.3 % | 214 | 52.3 % | 207 | 42.5 | ||
| Geographic region | ||||||||||
| Central | 1,836 | 44.0 | 1,894 | 41.3 | 2.82 (0.09) | 1,906 | 42.4 | 1,824 | 42.9 | 0.09 (0.77) |
| Northeast | 1,470 | 43.7 | 1,504 | 39.8 | 4.68 (0.03) | 1,484 | 43.7 | 1,490 | 39.7 | 4.73 (0.03) |
| South | 2,599 | 43.4 | 2,674 | 45.0 | 1.48 (0.22) | 2,638 | 45.7 | 2,635 | 42.7 | 4.64 (0.03) |
| West | 853 | 42.7 | 830 | 41.2 | 0.37 (0.54) | 817 | 41.9 | 866 | 42.0 | 0.01 (0.94) |
| School ownership | ||||||||||
| Private | 1,852 | 44.4 | 1,836 | 40.6 | 5.31 (0.02) | 1,848 | 43.6 | 1,840 | 41.5 | 1.65 (0.20) |
| Public | 4,906 | 43.2 | 5,066 | 43.0 | 0.03 (0.87) | 4,997 | 44.0 | 4,975 | 42.2 | 3.13 (0.08) |
* Socioeconomic Status Grouped by Ranking, with Level 1 Lowest SES and Level 9 Highest SES
†African American, Hispanic, and Native American