Table 2 |
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Attitudes regarding clinical care of IMG and USMG family physicians |
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| USMGs N = 2360 n (%)* |
IMGs N = 366 n(%)* |
p value** |
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| "I have adequate time to spend with my patients during typical office/patient visits."
(n = 2664) |
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| Disagree |
813 (34) |
102 (27) |
0.0041 |
| Agree |
1492 (66) |
257 (73) |
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| "It is possible to maintain the kind of continuing relationships with patients over
time that promote the delivery of high quality care." (n = 2651) |
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| Disagree |
559 (22) |
63 (17) |
0.0096 |
| Agree |
1738 (78) |
291 (83) |
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| "It is possible to provide high-quality care to all my patients." (n = 2679) |
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| Disagree |
442 (19) |
73 (18) |
0.4626 |
| Agree |
1875 (81) |
289 (82) |
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| "I have the freedom to make clinical decisions that meet my patients' needs." (n = 2685) |
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| Disagree |
332 (14) |
61 (17) |
0.1677 |
| Agree |
1991 (86) |
301 (83) |
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| "The level of communication I have with specialists about the patients I refer to
them is sufficient to ensure the delivery of a high quality of care." (n = 2679) |
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| Disagree |
276 (11) |
46 (12) |
0.5777 |
| Agree |
2045 (89) |
312 (88) |
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| "I can make clinical decisions in the best interests of my patients without the possibility
of reducing my income." (n = 2601) |
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| Disagree |
447 (19) |
74 (21) |
0.5571 |
| Agree |
1800 (81) |
280 (79) |
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| Overall career satisfaction (n = 2678) |
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| Dissatisfied |
382 (16) |
79 (20) |
0.0190 |
| Satisfied |
1978 (84) |
287 (80) |
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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. ** T-Test USMG = United States Medical Graduate, IMG = International Medical Graduate |
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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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