Table T8_2_1_4-1
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Physician characteristics | Sample size | Percent | SE | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 4,507 | 74.5 | 0.9 | |
Age of physician | Under 35 | 162 | 84.4 | 3.9 |
35–44 | 1,180 | 83.2 | 1.4 | |
45–54 | 1,500 | 77.6 | 1.5 | |
55 and over | 1,657 | 66.5 | 1.5 | |
Practice size (number of physicians) | 1–2 | 1,400 | 62.8 | 1.5 |
3–5 | 1,316 | 78.6 | 1.5 | |
6–10 | 987 | 83.9 | 1.6 | |
More than 10 | 804 | 90.4 | 1.6 | |
Specialty | Primary care | 2,157 | 76.4 | 1.2 |
Surgical | 1,018 | 74.9 | 1.8 | |
Medical | 1,261 | 70.4 | 1.6 | |
Ownership | Physician/physician group | 2,939 | 71.0 | 1.0 |
Other | 1,533 | 85.0 | 1.3 | |
Non-Hispanic White populationa | Less than 50% | 805 | 71.7 | 2.0 |
50–69% | 1,178 | 73.8 | 1.7 | |
70–79% | 844 | 76.5 | 1.8 | |
80% or more | 1,680 | 77.1 | 1.7 | |
Region | Northeast | 800 | 72.8 | 2.0 |
Midwest | 1,106 | 76.6 | 1.6 | |
South | 1,433 | 75.0 | 1.4 | |
West | 1,168 | 73.7 | 2.0 | |
Metropolitan status | Metropolitan | 3,623 | 74.2 | 0.9 |
Nonmetropolitan | 884 | 77.5 | 3.0 |
a Percentage of U.S. standard population in the county that is non-Hispanic White.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), NAMCS core and Electronic Medical Record mail supplement combined file.