Characteristics of PRINS Clinicians and NAMCS Physicians
Percentage of Clinicians, Weighted | ||
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Characteristic | PRINS | NAMCS Mean (95% CI) |
PRINS = Primary Care Network Survey; NAMCS = National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; CI = confidence interval; MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area; APN = advanced practice nurse; NP = nurse-practitioner; NA = not available or not applicable. | ||
* Response choices as listed on the PRINS form. The NAMCS response choice “medical/academic health center” is included in “hospital.” | ||
† PRINS includes 2 categories (owner, employee/contractor); NAMCS includes 3 categories (owner, employee, contractor). | ||
Specialty | ||
Family medicine/general practice | 34.2 | 43.2 (40.8–45.6) |
Internal medicine | 8.7 | 36.7 (34.7–38.7) |
Pediatrics | 52.9 | 20.1 (18.5–21.7) |
Other | 4.2 | 0.0 (–) |
Region | ||
Northeast | 20.4 | 22.8 (20.8–24.8) |
Midwest | 25.6 | 23.4 (21.0–25.8) |
South | 28.7 | 29.7 (26.5–32.9) |
West | 25.3 | 24.2 (21.6–26.8) |
MSA status | ||
MSA | 77.5 | 79.1 (77.3–80.9) |
Non-MSA | 19.7 | 20.9 (17.1–24.7) |
Missing | 2.8 | 0.0 (–) |
Discipline | ||
Physician | 89.0 | 100.0 (NA) |
Resident | 3.9 | 0.0 |
APN/NP | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Physician’s assistant | 1.7 | 0.0 |
Missing | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Sex | ||
Male | 53.0 | 76.8 (NA) |
Female | 47.0 | 23.2 |
Age | ||
<50 years | 70.0 | 66.5 (63.7–69.3) |
≥50 years | 28.4 | 33.5 (30.7–36.3) |
Missing | 1.6 | 0.0 (–) |
Ethnicity | ||
Non-Hispanic | 94.0 | NA |
Hispanic | 5.3 | |
Missing | 0.7 | |
Race | ||
White | 85.3 | NA |
Black/African American | 3.3 | |
Asian | 10.0 | |
Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander | 0.4 | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.1 | |
More than 1 race | 0.3 | |
Missing | 0.6 | |
Who owns this practice?* | ||
Hospital | 24.9 | 8.6 (6.8–10.4) |
Physician or physician group | 54.6 | 75.9 (73.1–78.7) |
Other health care corporation | 15.2 | 8.3 (6.5–10.1) |
Health maintenance organization | 0.1 | 3.2 (2.2–4.2) |
Other | 3.9 | 4.0 (2.8–5.2) |
Missing | 1.3 | 0.0 (–) |
Employment status† | ||
Owner | 37.6 | 63.8 (60.6–67.0) |
Employee (or contractor–PRINS) | 61.1 | 30.8 (27.6–34.0) |
Contractor (NAMCS) | – | 5.4 (4.2–6.6) |
Missing | 1.3 | 0.0 (–) |