Table 1.
Sample Characteristics by Obstetrical Care and Non-Obstetrical Care Provider Status (N=1131)
| Respondent Characteristic | Obstetrical Care PCPs No. (%) | Non-Obstetrical Care PCPs No. (%) | Chi-Squared (χ2), p | |
| N | 417 (100) | 714 (100) | ||
| Female % (n) | 233 (56.0) | 330 (46.6) | χ2=9.3, p<0.01 | |
| Age (Years)* | χ2=49.0, p<0.0001 | |||
| <40 | 129 (31.0) | 140 (19.7) | ||
| 40–49 | 153 (36.8) | 195 (27.5) | ||
| 50–59 | 87 (20.9) | 208 (29.3) | ||
| 60+ | 47 (11.3) | 167 (23.5) | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | χ2=11.2, p=0.02 | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 334 (80.3) | 591 (83.6) | ||
| Asian | 21 (5.1) | 50 (7.1) | ||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 17 (4.1) | 26 (3.7) | ||
| Hispanic | 24 (5.8) | 25 (3.5) | ||
| Other | 20 (4.8) | 15 (2.1) | ||
| Rank† | χ2=32.2, p<0.0001 | |||
| Visiting professor or N/A | 60 (5.4) | 62 (5.6) | ||
| Assistant professor | 180 (44.0) | 254 (35.9) | ||
| Associate professor | 118 (28.9) | 216 (30.6) | ||
| Full professor | 51 (12.5) | 175 (24.8) | ||
| Terminal Degree‡ | χ2=6.2, p=0.01 | |||
| MD | 390 (94.0) | 640 (89.6) | ||
| DO or other | 25 (6.0) | 74 (10.4) | ||
| Half-Days of Seeing Patients | χ2=4.2, p=0.12 | |||
| <3 half-days | 190 (45.9) | 361 (51.1) | ||
| 3–6 half-days | 205 (49.5) | 306 (43.3) | ||
| 7+ half-days | 19 (4.6) | 40 (3.6) | ||
| Primary Role§ | χ2=55.3, p<0.0001 | |||
| Clinical teaching | 268 (64.9) | 326 (46.2) | ||
| Administration | 75 (18.2) | 226 (20.2) | ||
| Clinical care | 42 (10.2) | 76 (10.8) | ||
| Research | 5 (1.2) | 43 (6.1) | ||
| Faculty development | 9 (2.2) | 5 (0.7) | ||
| Non-academic physician/other | 14 (3.4) | 30 (4.3) | ||
| Actively teach students/residents | 414 (99.5) | 696 (97.6) | χ2=5.8, p=0.02 | |
| Provide adult inpatient care‖ | 410 (98.3) | 597 (84.3) | χ2=54.8, p<0.0001 | |
| Provide ICU/CCU care‖ | 237 (57.1) | 314 (44.8) | χ2=15.8, p<0.0001 | |
| Provide nursing home care‖ | 326 (78.4) | 524 (74.0) | χ2=2,7, p=0.10 | |
| Provide newborn nursery care‖ | 399 (95.9) | 513 (72.9) | χ2=91.8, p<0.0001 | |
| Provide pediatric inpatient care‖ | 307 (73.8) | 398 (56.6) | χ2=33.1, p<0.0001 | |
| Provide surgical inpatient procedures‖ | 126 (30.7) | 84 (12.1) | χ2=58.2, p<0.0001 | |
| Provide emergency room care‖ | 172 (41.8) | 240 (34.4) | χ2=5.93, p=0.01 | |
| Respondent Characteristic | Maternity Care Providers, M(SD) | Non-Maternity Care Providers, M(SD) | t(df), p | |
| Percent time: Direct patient care | 34.6±18.0 | 32.0±20.7 | t(1116)=2.15, p=0.03 | |
| Percent time: Research | 6.3±9.5 | 9.9±14.9 | t(924)=−4.1, p<0.0001 | |
| Percent time: Administration | 27.3±17.6 | 33.0±22.1 | t(1081)=−4.4, p<0.0001 | |
| Percent time: Teaching | 33.0±16.6 | 27.4±17.8 | t(1106)=5.2, p<0.0001 | |
| Percent time: Other | 6.5±10.6 | 8.8±14.6 | t(924)=−1.4, p<0.16 | |
| Years since residency graduation | 15.2±9.7 | 20.0±10.9 | t(1128)=−7.5, p<0.01 | |
Note. Where numbers do not add up to the total sample size, the remainder represent missing data.
*
The categories, “<30” and “30–39” were combined to “<40” due to fewer than 5 respondents in the <30 age range.
†
”Visiting Professor” and “Not Applicable (N/A)” were combined due to fewer than 5 respondents endorsing Visiting Professorships.
‡
Only 1 respondent chose “Other”.
§
”Non-Academic Physician” and “Other” were combined due to fewer than 5 respondents endorsing “Non-Academic Physician”
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The stem for this question was, “Do you OR any of your family physician practice partners provide the following services”