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Figures
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Percentage of 2006 cohort of family physicians who were noncompleters, by state.
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Percentage of 2006 cohort of family physicians who were noncompleters, by county.
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Percentage of 2006 cohort of Pennsylvania family physicians who were noncompleters, by county.
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2006 self-assessment module participation distribution and clustering in the Los Angeles metro area.
Tables
- Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of 2006 Maintenance of Certification Cohort: Completers Versus Noncompleters of the Requirement to Complete 3 Self-Assessment Modules
2006 Cohort Noncompleters Completers (n = 7510) Noncompleters (n = 3302) P Participants (n = 506) Nonparticipants (n = 2796) P Demographic Male 59.36 70.17 <.01 62.45 71.57 <.01 Age <.01 <35 14.69 8.18 9.68 7.90 35–44 34.83 29.95 30.04 29.94 45–54 32.37 34.31 33.79 34.41 55–64 16.25 22.68 23.52 22.53 65+ 1.86 4.88 2.96 5.22 Family medicine residency within past 7 years 28.93 22.02 <.01 24.70 21.53 Solo practices 9.45 16.66 <.01 13.83 17.17 Geographic Rural 17.47 18.53 17.59 18.71 Primary care HPSAs 23.40 25.56 <.05 22.92 26.04 MUA/Ps 21.24 22.96 23.72 22.82 HPSA or MUA 32.70 35.61 33.60 35.98 In census tract with >20% population under 200% federal poverty line 47.18 51.56 <.01 46.25 52.61 <.01 Primary care service area with population to primary care physician ratio <1500 62.46 60.12 <.05 61.86 59.80 1500–3000 33.52 34.80 33.20 35.09 >3000 4.02 5.09 4.94 5.11 Noncompleters refer to family physicians who did not complete 3 self-assessment modules by the end of the 3rd year of the cycle; among the noncompleters, participants completed at least one self-assessment module but less than 3. All data provided as percentages.
HPSA, health professional shortage area; MUA/P, medically underserved areas/populations; MUA, medically underserved area.
2003 Rural-Urban Continuum Code Counties (n) Completers (%) Nonparticipants (%) Participants (%) Solo (%) Physicians in 2006 Cohort (n) Not available 62.96 30.86 6.17 11.11 81 1 (most urban) 414 70.18 24.58 5.24 11.24 5000 2 325 69.75 26.42 3.83 9.46 2483 3 351 68.43 27.42 4.15 12.84 1324 4 218 67.16 27.68 5.17 17.71 542 5 105 70.77 26.92 2.31 12.69 260 6 608 68.96 26.28 4.76 15.87 567 7 450 66.84 27.85 5.31 11.14 377 8 235 66.67 28.99 4.35 10.14 69 9 (most rural) 435 68.81 26.61 4.59 14.68 109 Total 3141 69.46 25.86 4.68 11.65 10,812 - Table 3.
Demographic and Practice Characteristics by Type of Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Completed among the 2006 Cohort
SAM Topic Diplomate (n) Men (%) Rural (%) HPSA/MUA (%) FPL200 (%) PCSA >3000:1 (%) Mean Age (years) All 10,812 62.66 17.80 33.59 48.54 4.35 46.7 Diabetes 4988 59.64 17.90 32.90 48.10 4.27 46.2 Hypertension 4533 61.13 15.62 31.94 46.39 3.88 46.2 Asthma 3432 60.93 16.40 32.08 45.37 3.50 45.5 Coronary artery disease 2592 71.80 20.95 33.95 49.92 4.28 47.0 Depression 1973 51.44 15.21 31.73 44.80 4.00 45.7 Well child care 1623 41.34 16.45 31.42 43.44 4.25 42.1 Pain management 1177 67.80 18.10 33.05 47.41 4.08 46.9 Heart failure 1118 68.34 24.69 37.75 54.38 5.10 47.4 Health behavior 827 50.30 13.30 31.56 42.81 3.39 46.2 Maternity care 710 39.15 23.38 39.44 53.52 4.23 42.2 No SAM taken 2796 71.57 18.71 35.98 52.61 5.11 48.9 HPSA, health professional shortage area; MUA, medically underserved area; FPL200, census tract with >20% population under 200% federal poverty line; PCSA, primary care service area with population to physician ratios >3000:1.
