Table 1. Participant Characteristics.
| Characteristic | Participants, No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), y | 45.5 (6.5) |
| Female | 12 (50.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Asian | 12 (50.0) |
| Black | 1 (4.0) |
| Latino | 1 (4.0) |
| White | 10 (42.0) |
| Specialty | |
| Family medicine | 16 (67.0) |
| Internal medicine | 8 (33.0) |
| Time since medical school graduation, mean (SD), y | 16.8 (7.8) |
| Time with Kaiser Permanente, mean (SD), y | 10.5 (5.5) |
| Patients in panel, mean (SD), %a | |
| Aged <45 y | 40.0 (11.6) |
| Living in US Census tracts with poverty rate ≥5% | 42.3 (16.6) |
a
For each physician in the study, the percentage of patients in their panel who were younger than 45 years or living in US Census tracts with 5% or higher poverty rates was calculated. The percentage is the mean among all physicians.