Personal and Scope of Practice Characteristics of 2013 Family Medicine Residency Graduates Who Practice Continuity of Care (N = 1,617)
| Characteristic | No. (%) or Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Burned out | 677 (41.9) |
| Female | 948 (58.6) |
| MD degree [vs DO degree] | 1369 (84.7) |
| US medical graduate [vs international medical graduate] | 1,081 (66.8) |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 35.9 (4.4) |
| Patient encounters per day, mean (SD) | 20.3 (6.8) |
| Takes after-hours call | 1,199 (74.2) |
| See patients weekends and/or evenings | 844 (52.2) |
| In addition to principal practice site, routinely see patients at: | |
| Another outpatient clinic | 183 (11.3) |
| Urgent care clinic | 214 (13.2) |
| Emergency department | 111 (6.9) |
| Hospital (not emergency department) | 459 (28.4) |
| Nursing home or assisted living facility | 227 (14.0) |
| Hospice facility | 38 (2.4) |
| Other institutional setting (school-based clinic, correctional facility) | 48 (3.0) |
| Patient homes | 41 (2.5) |
| Other | 60 (3.7) |
| Number of additional patient care settingsa | |
| 0 | 747 (46.2) |
| 1 | 528 (32.7) |
| 2 | 214 (13.2) |
| 3 or more | 128 (7.9) |
| Number of procedures/content areas in current practice, mean (SD) | 7.7 (4.6) |
| Practice adult inpatient medicine | 605 (37.4) |
| Currently delivering babies | 249 (15.4) |
DO = Doctor of Osteopathy; MD = Doctor of Medicine.
↵a Confidence interval of 98.75% for each individual level of patient care setting sum using Bonferonni adjustment.