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. 2023 Feb 1;18(2):e0280251. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280251

Table 1. Physician feature values stratified by departure status.

Feature Retained Departed p-value
Gender
Male 157 30 0.2
Female 118 14
Age
25–34 8 2 < 0.001
35–44 54 12
45–54 89 6
55–64 77 5
≥ 65 45 19
Specialty
Internal Medicine 101 18 0.52
Family Medicine 34 5
Cardiology 37 2
Other 103 19
Practice Characteristics
Volume (appointments/mo) 195 158 a
Demand (fraction appointments filled) 0.75 0.64
Panel Size (n) 1145 927
Panel Complexity 1.31 1.82
Intensity (completed appointments/hr) 1.84 1.54
EHR useb a
Total EHR time 5.8 5.8
Note time 1.9 1.7
Order time 0.8 0.9
Inbox time 0.8 0.8

a Mean values provided for reference. Statistical tests not performed as these features represent aggregations of both repeated measures and non-stationary values. The remainder of the analyses consider observations on the physician-month level to address.

b Normalized to an 8 hour work day.