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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Oct;174(10):1640–1648. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3337

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 357 Internal Medicine Residency Programs in the Studya

Characteristic Quintile of Intensity, %
1 (Lowest) 2 3 4 5 (Highest)
Range of EOL-VIb 15.5–26.2 26.3–29.2 29.3–36.6 36.7–45.3 45.4–60.5
No. of programs 74 74 67 72 70
No. of residents taking the 2007 ABIM
certifying examination
   <10 28 31 33 21 11
   10–14 30 22 27 33 17
   15–24 18 24 21 15 41
   ≥25 24 23 19 31 30
ABIM certifying examination (2007)
pass ratec
   ≤79% 7 7 9 3 1
   80%–89% 19 18 15 11 17
   90%–99% 31 28 28 35 39
   100% 43 47 48 51 43
Geographic region
   Northeast 22 31 16 54 73
   Midwest 34 16 34 36 0
   South 23 45 34 8 13
   West 21 8 15 1 14

Abbreviations: ABIM, American Board of Internal Medicine; EOL-VI, End-of-Life Visit Index.

a

Percentages are not weighted by number of individuals taking the examination in each program. Programs are stratified according to quintile of the primary exposure, utilization intensity (EOL-VI) in the hospital referred region of the residency program’s primary hospital.

b

The EOL-VI includes inpatient and outpatient visits.

c

Pass rate was rounded up to the nearest whole percentage point.