TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Providers Linked to Patient Data
| Provider Designation (N = 5012)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Characteristics | DWHP (n = 1575) | Non-DWHP (n = 3437) | P* |
| Age [mean (SD)] | 50.8 (9.0) | 52.9 (9.5) | < 0.0001 |
| Sex [n (%)] | < 0.0001 | ||
| Female | 1005 (78.4) | 1328 (46.5) | |
| Male | 277 (21.6) | 1527 (53.5) | |
| Provider class [n (%)]w | < 0.0001 | ||
| Physician | 998 (63.4) | 2682 (78.0) | |
| Nurse practitioner | 467 (29.6) | 521 (15.2) | |
| Physician’s assistant | 110 (7.0) | 234 (6.8) | |
| Proportion full-time [mean (SD)] | 0.66 (0.37) | 0.67 (0.36) | 0.3138 |
| Total patient panel [mean (SD)] | 1237.7 (618.1) | 1269 (637.8) | 0.1022 |
| Female | 177.1 (213.6) | 63.0 (68.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Male | 1046.1 (652.2) | 1206.4 (614.9) | < 0.0001 |
| % Female [median (IQR)] | 7.8 (4.8–16.7) | 4.8 (2.4–6.6) | < 0.0001‡ |
| Scheduled clinic type [n (%)] | |||
| Only in women’s clinics | 752 (47.8) | 164 (4.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Only in nonwomen’s clinics | 455 (28.9) | 3201 (93.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Both in women’s and nonwomen’s clinics | 368 (23.4) | 72 (2.1) | < 0.0001 |
External Peer Review Program (2012).
*
t test for continuous, χ2 for categorical measures.
†
Providers who are in the recognized provider classes (PH, NP, PA) and had active privileges during the survey period (2012).
‡
Wilcoxon rank-sum test for non-normally distributed measures.
DWHP indicates Designated Women’s Health Provider; IQR, interquartile range.