Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Total N (%) |
Redeployed N (%) |
Not redeployed N (%) |
p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 931 (100) | 208 (22.3) | 723 (77.7) | |
| Age group | ||||
| 18–29 | 147 (15.8) | 53 (25.5) | 94 (13.0) | < 0.001 |
| 30–49 | 690 (74.1) | 140 (67.3) | 550 (76.1) | |
| 50 + | 86 (9.2) | 14 (6.7) | 72 (10.0) | |
| Did not answer | 8 (0.9) | 1 (0.5) | 7 (1.0) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 218 (23.4) | 60 (28.9) | 158 (21.9) | 0.06 |
| Female | 705 (75.7) | 145 (69.7) | 560 (77.5) | |
| Did not answer | 8 (0.9) | 3 (1.4) | 5 (0.7) | |
| Race | ||||
| Non-Black | 862 (92.6) | 172 (82.7) | 690 (95.4) | < 0.001 |
| Black | 69 (7.4) | 36 (17.3) | 33 (4.6) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic | 757 (81.3) | 152 (73.1) | 605 (83.7) | < 0.001 |
| Hispanic | 122 (13.1) | 48 (23.1) | 74 (10.2) | |
| Did not answer | 52 (5.6) | 8 (3.4) | 44 (6.1) | |
| Significant other | ||||
| Yes | 697 (72.7) | 117 (56.3) | 580 (80.2) | < 0.001 |
| No | 219 (22.9) | 87 (41.8) | 132 (18.3) | |
| Did not answer | 15 (4.5) | 4 (1.9) | 11 (1.5) | |
| Profession | ||||
| Physician | 599 (64.3) | 123 (59.1) | 514 (71.1) | < 0.001 |
| Non-physician† | 332 (35.7) | 85 (40.9) | 209 (28.9) | |
| Career stage | ||||
| Trainee | 167 (17.3) | 50 (24.0) | 115 (15.9) | < 0.001 |
| Non-trainee | 760 (78.9) | 156 (75.0) | 600 (82.1) | |
| Did not answer | 36 (3.74) | 2 (1.0) | 8 (1.1) | |
| Location | ||||
| Rural | 40 (4.4) | 11 (5.4) | 29 (4.2) | < 0.001 |
| Town | 146 (16.2) | 59 (28.9) | 85 (12.2) | |
| Suburban | 202 (22.4) | 43 (21.1) | 157 (22.6) | |
| City/metro | 515 (57.0) | 91 (44.6) | 424 (61.0) |
ICU intensive care unit, CCU coronary care unit, ER emergency room
*Chi-squared analysis
†Non-physicians included physicians’ assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physical/occupational/respiratory therapists, and allied healthcare workers, i.e., medical technicians and certified nursing assistants