TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Participating Programs

	Total (n = 25)		Family Medicine (n = 9)		Internal Medicine (n = 10)		OB/GYN (n = 6)
Program Characteristics	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Year program established	1,970	13.7	1,975	3.9	1,970	17.5	1,962	15.3
First-year positions available annually	13	12.3	7	1.5	24	14.1	5	0.8
Current residents	41	36.6	21	4.5	71	42.6	19	3.8
Current foreign medical graduates	11	13.2	9	6.8	21	17.6	1	1.2
Core faculty	11	6.2	9	2.6	11	6.3	15	8.4
Clinical care blocks per year	12.1	0.9	12.3	0.5	12.5	0.5	11.2	1.3
Hospital (inpatient)	5.7	1.0	5.1	0.7	6.1	1.1	6.2	0.6
Specialty/elective rotations	3.2	1.4	3.4	0.9	3.5	2.0	2.7	0.9
Ambulatory (outpatient)	2.3	1.2	3.1	0.7	1.4	1.3	2.3	0.5
Emergency department	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Context
University-based hospital	6	24	1	11	4	40	1	17
Community-based, university affiliated hospital	17	68	8	89	4	40	5	83
Community-based hospital	2	8	0	0	2	20	0	0
Location
North Coast	9	36	3	33	4	40	2	33
Northeast	7	28	4	44	1	10	2	33
Northwest	3	12	0	0	2	20	1	17
Central/Southwest	6	24	2	22	3	30	1	17
Setting
Urban	22	88	7	78	10	100	5	83
Suburban	3	12	2	22	0	0	1	17
	M %	SD	M %	SD	M %	SD	M %	SD
Payor mix
Commercial	22.3	18.4	27.9	14.9	27.5	22.1	8.3	14.7
Medicaid	39.2	20.0	41.2	15.7	27.2	22.2	48.2	22.0
Medicare	23.9	14.8	20.8	11.6	34.4	1.9	18.3	22.2
Self-pay/uninsured	13.5	12.3	8.5	9.6	9.7	3.9	25.2	15.1
Other	1.1	2.2	1.7	2.8	1.3	2.0	0	0

NOTE: OB/GYN = obstetrics/gynecology.