Table 1.
Characteristics of Primary Care Physician Survey Respondents, 2019 (N = 336)
| Survey respondents | National primary care physician population1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty | ||
| Family practice | 52.4% | 51.5% |
| Internal medicine | 43.2% | 44.9% |
| General practice | 4.5% | 3.6% |
| Age | ||
| <35 | 7.6% | 5.7% |
| 35–44 | 19.1% | 22.6% |
| 45–54 | 29.4% | 30.7% |
| 55–64 | 28.5% | 27.3% |
| 65+ | 15.5% | 13.7% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 58.8% | 60.9% |
| Female | 41.2% | 39.1% |
| Region | ||
| South | 29.8% | 35.6% |
| West | 26.1% | 24.6% |
| Midwest | 22.1% | 20.9% |
| Northeast | 22.1% | 19.0% |
| Practice type2 | ||
| Group practice | 50.9% | Data not available |
| Solo or two-physician practice | 17.5% | Data not available |
| Government-based practice | 11.4% | Data not available |
| Non-governmental hospital | 4.6% | Data not available |
| Other3 | 15.6% | Data not available |
| Percent of patient panel with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia | ||
| 0–10% | 79.1% | Data not available |
| 10–20% | 17.6% | Data not available |
| 30–40% | 2.7% | Data not available |
| 40+% | 0.6% | Data not available |
| Services provided at physician’s practice | ||
| Weight management or dietary counseling | 81.2% | Data not available |
| Diabetes education | 79.1% | Data not available |
| Tobacco smoking cessation treatment | 77.3% | Data not available |
| Population health tracking of chronic disease metrics (e.g., HBA1c, flu shots) in the practice’s patient panel | 58.0% | Data not available |
| Care coordination for high-need patients | 57.4% | Data not available |
| Onsite mental health treatment services | 31.8% | Data not available |
| Onsite substance use treatment services | 19.0% | Data not available |
| An online patient portal where patients can log-in to see appointments, lab results, etc. | 8.2% | Data not available |
| My practice does not provide any of these services for any patients | 5.3% | Data not available |
1Petterson S, McNellis R, Klink K, Meyers D, Bazemore A. The State of Primary Care in the United States: A Chartbook of Facts and Statistics. January 2018
2National data on practice type among primary care physicians defined as family, internal, and general medicine physicians is not available
3Includes the following: other—patient care; locum tenens; no classification