Table T8_2_1_5-1
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Physician characteristics | Sample size | Percent | SE | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 3,592 | 57.1 | 1.0 | |
Age of physician | Under 35 | 137 | 70.7 | 5.2 |
35–44 | 983 | 68.3 | 1.8 | |
45–54 | 1,202 | 59.2 | 1.9 | |
55 and over | 1,264 | 48.2 | 1.6 | |
Practice size (number of physicians) | 1–2 | 978 | 40.5 | 1.6 |
3–5 | 1,030 | 61.6 | 1.8 | |
6–10 | 833 | 69.5 | 2.0 | |
More than 10 | 751 | 83.4 | 2.1 | |
Specialty | Primary care | 1,728 | 59.0 | 1.4 |
Surgical | 784 | 55.4 | 2.0 | |
Medical | 1,024 | 54.0 | 1.8 | |
Ownership | Physician/physician group | 2,224 | 51.6 | 1.2 |
Other | 1,339 | 73.1 | 1.8 | |
Non-Hispanic White populationa | Less than 50% | 626 | 53.2 | 2.2 |
50–69% | 915 | 56.0 | 1.9 | |
70–79% | 671 | 59.3 | 2.3 | |
80% or more | 1,380 | 61.1 | 1.9 | |
Region | Northeast | 615 | 52.1 | 2.2 |
Midwest | 906 | 60.6 | 1.9 | |
South | 1,082 | 55.6 | 1.8 | |
West | 989 | 60.9 | 2.3 | |
Metropolitan status | Metropolitan | 2,887 | 56.9 | 1.1 |
Nonmetropolitan | 705 | 58.8 | 2.6 |
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.