Table 1 |
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Personal, professional and practice characteristics of IMG and USMG family physicians |
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| USMGs N = 2360 n (%)* |
IMGs N = 366 n(%)* |
p value** |
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| Age (n = 2591) |
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| <35 |
299 (13) |
13 (3) |
<0.001 |
| 35–44 |
949 (43) |
106 (33) |
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| 45–54 |
588 (26) |
117 (33) |
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| 55–64 |
251 (12) |
63 (18) |
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| >65 |
163 (7) |
42 (13) |
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| Years in practice (n = 2726) |
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| Under 6 |
449 (19) |
81 (23) |
<0.001 |
| 6–10 |
504 (22) |
51 (12) |
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| 11–20 |
830 (35) |
121 (34) |
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| 21–30 |
279 (12) |
56 (15) |
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| 31–40 |
234 (10) |
43 (12) |
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| 41+ |
64 (3) |
14 (4) |
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| Location (n = 2726) |
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| Large metro >200 K |
1955 (70) |
322 (76) |
0.0454 |
| Small metro <200 K |
45 (5) |
7 (6) |
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| Non-metro area |
360 (25) |
37 (18) |
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| Ownership status (n = 2726) |
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| Full owner |
733 (32) |
150 (43) |
<0.001 |
| Part owner |
472 (21) |
52 (14) |
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| Not an owner |
1155 (48) |
164 (43) |
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| Practice type (n = 2726) |
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| Solo or 2 physicians |
829 (37) |
169 (47) |
0.0072 |
| Group ≥ 3 physicians |
585 (24) |
76 (21) |
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| Health maintenance organization |
154 (5) |
27 (5) |
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| Medical school |
89 (4) |
11 (4) |
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| Hospital-based |
388 (17) |
46 (13) |
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| Other |
315 (13) |
37 (9) |
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| Board certification status (n = 2707) |
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| Board Certified |
2055 (87) |
243 (67) |
<0.001 |
| Board Eligible Only**** |
169 (7) |
61 (18) |
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| Neither |
123 (6) |
56 (15) |
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| Accepting new Medicare patients (n = 2726) |
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| None |
222 (9) |
27 (9) |
0.0451 |
| Some |
418 (17) |
43 (12) |
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| Most |
339 (14) |
51 (12) |
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| All |
1381 (60) |
245 (67) |
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| Accepting new Medicaid patients (n = 2726) |
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| None |
647 (25) |
94 (24) |
0.0018 |
| Some |
591 (25) |
67 (18) |
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| Most |
231 (10) |
35 (9) |
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| All |
891 (40) |
170 (49) |
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| Percentage of revenue from Medicare (n = 2726) |
Mean (SE) 27.54 (0.48) |
Mean (SE) 30.62 (1.46) |
0.0310*** |
| Percentage of revenue from Medicaid (n = 2726) |
Mean (SE) 13.90 (0.48) |
Mean (SE) 17.82 (1.31) |
0.0020*** |
| Percentage of patients for whom physician serves as gatekeeper (n = 2726) |
Mean (SE) 36.72 (0.94) |
Mean (SE) 43.67 (2.34) |
0.0018*** |
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*Unweighted number of survey respondents and weighted percentage of family physicians. Numbers vary because not all survey items were answered by each physician. ** Chi-Square *** T-Test ****Although "Board Eligible" is not a status officially recognized by the ABFM, it is one of the responses offered by the CTS. USMG = United States Medical Graduate, IMG = International Medical Graduate, SE = Standard Error |
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Morris et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:17 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-17 |
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