Characteristics of Family Physicians, Comparing Those Underrepresented vs Not Underrepresented in Medicine
| Characteristic | All Physicians (N = 3,096) | Underrepresented in Medicine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 2,646) | Yes (n = 450) | P Value | ||
| Survey respondent group, No. (%) | .08 | |||
| Recertification | 1,510 (48.8) | 1,308 (86.6) | 202 (13.4) | |
| Graduate | 1,586 (51.2) | 1,338 (84.4) | 248 (15.6) | |
| Female, No. (%) | 1,598 (51.6) | 1,343 (50.8) | 255 (56.7) | .02 |
| Ethnicity: Hispanic, No. (%) | 231 (7.5) | 0 (0) | 231 (51.3) | <.001 |
| Race, No. (%) | ||||
| Black | 204 (6.6) | 0 (0) | 204 (45.3) | <.001 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 30 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 30 (6.7) | <.001 |
| Speaks Spanish, No. (%) | 324 (10.5) | 222 (8.4) | 102 (22.7) | <.001 |
| Degree: MD (vs DO), No. (%) | 2,655 (85.8) | 2,234 (84.4) | 421 (93.6) | <.001 |
| International medical graduate, No. (%) | 807 (26.1) | 641 (24.2) | 166 (36.9) | <.001 |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 43.4 | 43.5 | 43.3 | .73 |
| (10.5) | (10.6) | (10.0) | ||
| Practice size, No. (%) | ||||
| Solo | 264 (8.5) | 210 (7.9) | 54 (12.0) | .006 |
| 2-5 clinicians | 2,063 (66.6) | 1,759 (66.5) | 304 (67.6) | |
| 6-20 clinicians | 462 (14.9) | 411 (15.5) | 51 (11.3) | |
| ≥21 clinicians | 307 (9.9) | 266 (10.1) | 41 (9.1) | |
| Pediatric inpatient care, No. (%) | 492 (15.9) | 446 (16.9) | 46 (10.2) | <.001 |
| Obstetric care, No. (%) | 390 (12.6) | 361 (13.6) | 29 (6.4) | <.001 |
| Adult inpatient care, No. (%) | 896 (28.9) | 780 (29.5) | 116 (25.8) | .11 |
| County diversity index, mean (SD) | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.53 | <.001 |
| (0.18) | (0.18) | (0.16) | ||
| Emotional exhaustion, No. (%) | ||||
| Dichotomous: more than once a week | 1,289 (41.6) | 1,118 (42.3) | 171 (38.0) | .09 |
| Categorical | .07 | |||
| Never | 177 (5.7) | 147 (5.6) | 30 (6.7) | |
| A few times a year | 421 (13.6) | 340 (12.9) | 81 (18.0) | |
| Once a month or less | 421 (13.6) | 364 (13.8) | 57 (12.7) | |
| A few times a month | 788 (25.5) | 677 (25.6) | 111 (24.7) | |
| Once a week | 399 (12.9) | 352 (13.3) | 47 (10.4) | |
| A few times per week | 654 (21.1) | 565 (21.4) | 89 (19.8) | |
| Every day | 236 (7.6) | 201 (7.6) | 35 (7.8) | |
| Depersonalization, No. (%) | ||||
| Dichotomous: more than once a week | 634 (20.5) | 559 (21.1) | 75 (16.7) | .03 |
| Categorical | .001 | |||
| Never | 908 (29.3) | 738 (27.9) | 170 (37.8) | |
| A few times a year | 631 (20.4) | 542 (20.5) | 89 (19.8) | |
| Once a month or less | 484 (15.6) | 430 (16.3) | 54 (12.0) | |
| A few times a month | 439 (14.2) | 377 (14.3) | 62 (13.8) | |
| Once a week | 231 (7.5) | 207 (7.8) | 24 (5.3) | |
| A few times per week | 316 (10.2) | 278 (10.5) | 38 (8.4) | |
| Every day | 87 (2.8) | 74 (2.8) | 13 (2.9) | |
DO = doctor of osteopathic medicine; MD = doctor of medicine.