Table 1.
Selected Personal and Practice Characteristics of Wisconsin Contraceptive Providers, by Specialty
| ob-gyna (n=442) | Midwifery (n=122) | Family Medicine (n-292) | Pediatrics (n=136) | P-valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider level | |||||
| Physician | 343 (77.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 187 (64.0%) | 117 (86.0%) | <.0001 |
| Advanced practice provider | 99 (22.4%) | 122 (100.0%) | 105 (36.0%) | 19 (14.0%) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 312 (70.6%) | 120 (98.4%) | 202 (69.2%) | 120 (88.2%) | <.0001 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic | 13 (2.9%) | 4 (3.3%) | 6 (2.1%) | 3 (2.2%) | .11 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 375 (84.8%) | 110 (90.2%) | 261 (89.4%) | 112 (82.4%) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 11 (2.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Non-Hispanic otherc | 33 (7.4%) | 7 (5.7%) | 15 (5.1%) | 17 (12.5%) | |
| Earned license | |||||
| 1994 or earlier | 168 (38.0%) | 18 (14.8%) | 70 (24.0%) | 36 (26.5%) | <.0001 |
| 1995–2004 | 126 (28.5%) | 41 (33.6%) | 81 (27.7%) | 44 (32.3%) | |
| 2005 or later | 148 (33.5%) | 63 (51.6%) | 141 (48.3%) | 56 (41.2%) | |
| Practice settingd | |||||
| Group/solo practice | 297 (67.2%) | 59 (48.4%) | 183 (62.7%) | 81 (59.6%) | .002 |
| Hospital | 122 (27.6%) | 36 (29.5%) | 32 (11.0%) | 22 (16.2%) | <.0001 |
| Academic | 74 (16.7%) | 19 (15.6%) | 42 (14.4%) | 31 (22.8%) | .18 |
| Othere | 89 (20.1%) | 55 (45.1%) | 83 (28.4%) | 29 (21.3%) | <.0001 |
| % Medicaid patients | |||||
| Up to half | 245 (55.4%) | 34 (27.9%) | 185 (63.4%) | 73 (53.7%) | <.0001 |
| Half or more | 194 (43.9%) | 88 (72.1%) | 107 (36.6%) | 62 (45.6%) | |
| Urban/rural statusf | |||||
| Large metro | 156 (35.3%) | 42 (34.4%) | 79 (27.1%) | 57 (41.9%) | .004 |
| Small metro | 203 (45.9%) | 57 (46.7%) | 122 (41.8%) | 55 (40.4%) | |
| Micropolitan or rural | 77 (17.4%) | 20 (16.4%) | 85 (29.1%) | 22 (16.2%) |
Not all columns add up to 100%, due to missing values.
Abbreviations: ob-gyn, obstetrician-gynecologists.; APP, advanced practice providers.
Ob-gyn, obstetrician-gynecologists and advanced practice providers in ob-gyn or women’s health.
From chi-square test of homogeneity.
Includes Non-Hispanic Asian, Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Non-Hispanic “other.”
Percentages do not add up to 100% because this was a “check all that apply” item.
Includes Planned Parenthood, other family planning clinics, health maintenance organizations/managed care, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and “other.”
Only accounts for the first of up to 2 counties listed (n = 167 listed a second county of practice).