Table 2.

Unadjusted Associations Between Physician Characteristics and Professional Values

Physician CharacteristicNo.Percent Reporting Strong Sense of Responsibility to Individual PatientsPValue*Mean Egalitarian ScorePValue†
MCO = managed care organization.
* Obtained with χ2 tests, comparing percentage of physicians with individual-patient ethic.
† Obtained with t tests and analysis of variance, comparing mean egalitarian scores.
Type of MCO
    Staff model184248.89
    Network model18833.0778.86.932
Age, years
<3576218.89
    35–50224268.84
>507243.0108.97.950
Sex
    Male246298.55
    Female12126.4919.61.001
Race
    White235288.70
    Nonwhite10529.8049.32.031
Type of provider
    Family medicine138318.83
    Internal medicine172309.01
    Housestaff4818.2158.88.858
Geographic region
    West237268.93
    Non-West13533.1548.79.651
Hours per week direct patient care
<2874258.53
    28–40181278.96
>405640.1448.82.541