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- Table 1.
Individual and Practice Characteristics of Practicing Physicians Who Registered for the 2017 American Board of Family Medicine Certification Examination by Whether They Provided e-Visits or Not
Variable Total (N = 7580) Do Not Offer E-Visits (N = 6878) Offer E-Visits (N = 702) P Value Race, n (%) .559 American Indian or Alaska Native 69 (0.9) 62 (0.9) 7 (1.0) Asian 1115 (14.7) 1011 (14.7) 104 (14.8) Black or African American 459 (6.1) 406 (5.9) 53 (7.6) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 (0.5) 32 (0.5) 4 (0.6) Other 431 (5.7) 395 (5.7) 36 (5.1) White 5470 (72.2) 4972 (72.3) 498 (70.9) Ethnicity, n (%) .606 Hispanic or Latino 527 (7.0) 482 (7.0) 45 (6.4) Non-Hispanic 7053 (93.0) 6396 (93.0) 657 (93.6) Gender, n (%) .041 Female 3292 (43.4) 2961 (43.1) 331 (47.2) Male 4288 (56.6) 3917 (56.9) 371 (52.8) Medical school training*, n (%) .018 IMG 1667 (22.0) 1538 (22.4) 129 (18.4) USMG 5896 (78.0) 5325 (77.6) 571 (81.6) Practice site ownership status, n (%) <.001 No official ownership stake (100% employed) 4770 (62.9) 4352 (63.3) 418 (59.5) Partial owner or shareholder 1427 (18.8) 1247 (18.1) 180 (25.6) Self-employed as a contractor (including locums) 240 (3.2) 219 (3.2) 21 (3.0) Sole owner 1051 (13.9) 976 (14.2) 75 (10.7) Other 92 (1.21) 84 (1.22) 8 (1.14) Practice site size, n (%) <.001 Solo practice 953 (12.6) 887 (12.9) 66 (9.4) 2 to 5 providers 2624 (34.6) 2449 (35.6) 175 (24.9) 6 to 20 providers 2323 (30.6) 2102 (30.6) 221 (31.5) >20 providers 1680 (22.2) 1440 (20.9) 240 (34.2) Practice site specialty mix, n (%) <.001 Family medicine only 3940 (52.0) 3627 (52.7) 313 (44.6) Multiple specialties (not only primary care) 1594 (21.0) 1393 (20.3) 201 (28.6) Primary care specialty mix (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and/or Pediatrics) 2046 (27.0) 1858 (27.0) 188 (26.8) Faculty status, n (%) .001 No 5130 (67.7) 4695 (68.3) 435 (62.0) Yes, core/salaried faculty 744 (9.8) 672 (9.8) 72 (10.3) Yes, volunteer/clinical faculty 1706 (22.5) 1511 (22.0) 195 (27.8) Hours per week worked, n (%) <.001 0 to 8 277 (3.7) 260 (3.8) 17 (2.4) 9 to 16 469 (6.2) 418 (6.1) 51 (7.3) 17 to 24 803 (10.6) 717 (10.4) 86 (12.3) 25 to 32 1712 (22.6) 1501 (21.8) 211 (30.1) 33 to 39 1360 (17.9) 1242 (18.1) 118 (16.8) 40 or more 2959 (39.0) 2740 (39.8) 219 (31.2) Years in Practice, n (%) .180 0 to 10 1991 (26.3) 1811 (26.3) 180 (25.6) 11 to 20 2555 (33.7) 2316 (33.7) 239 (34.0) 21 to 29 2135 (28.2) 1920 (27.9) 215 (30.6) 30 or more 899 (11.9) 831 (12.1) 68 (9.7) Primary practice type, n (%) <.001 Private practice 2645 (34.9) 2480 (36.1) 165 (23.5) Academic health center 517 (6.8) 472 (6.9) 45 (6.4) Federal (military, Veterans Administration/Department of Defense) 400 (5.3) 348 (5.1) 52 (7.4) Managed care/HMO practice 407 (5.4) 268 (4.0) 139 (19.8) Hospital-/health system-owned 2513 (33.2) 2277 (33.1) 236 (33.6) Safety Net 726 (9.6) 690 (10.0) 36 (5.1) Other 372 (4.9) 343 (5.0) 29 (4.1) Scope of practice, mean (SD) 13.2 (3.7) 13.1 (3.7) 13.6 (3.6) .002 Age in years, mean (SD) 51.7 (9.00) 51.7 (9.0) 51.4 (8.6) .295 HMO, health maintenance organization; IMG, international medical graduate; USMG, United States medical graduate, SD, standard deviation.
↵* 17 omitted for missing data.
Variable OR (95% CI) Race American Indian or Alaska Native 1.28 (0.57 to 2.89) Asian 0.95 (0.73 to 1.24) Black or African American 1.46 (1.05 to 2.02) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.94 (0.31 to 2.86) Other 1.00 (0.68 to 1.48) White Reference Ethnicity Hispanic or Latino Reference Non-Hispanic 1.07 (0.75 to 1.52) Gender Female Reference Male 0.91 (0.76 to 1.08) Medical school training IMG Reference USMG 1.10 (0.87 to 1.40) Practice site ownership status No official ownership stake (100% employed) 0.44 (0.28 to 0.68) Partial owner or shareholder 0.79 (0.52 to 1.19) Self-employed as a contractor (including locums) 0.57 (0.31 to 1.05) Sole owner Reference Other 0.29 (0.12 to 0.71) Practice site size Solo practice Reference 2 to 5 providers 0.96 (0.65 to 1.41) 6 to 20 providers 1.26 (0.83 to 1.91) >20 providers 1.45 (0.93 to 2.26) Practice site specialty mix Family medicine only Reference Multiple specialties (not only primary care) 1.06 (0.84 to 1.34) Primary care specialty mix (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and/or Pediatrics) 1.01 (0.82 to 1.25) Faculty status No Reference Yes, core/salaried faculty 1.02 (0.71 to 1.48) Yes, volunteer/clinical faculty 1.41 (1.16 to 1.71) Hours per week worked 0 to 8 0.84 (0.49 to 1.43) 9 to 16 1.63 (1.13 to 2.34) 17 to 24 1.28 (0.96 to 1.71) 25 to 32 1.62 (1.31 to 2.00) 33 to 39 1.14 (0.89 to 1.45) 40 or more Reference Years in practice 0 to 10 Reference 11 to 20 1.10 (0.86 to 1.42) 21 to 29 1.31 (0.91 to 1.87) 30 or more 1.05 (0.62 to 1.77) Primary practice type Private practice Reference Academic health center 1.73 (1.03 to 2.91) Federal (military, Veterans Administration/Department of Defense) 4.49 (2.93 to 6.89) Managed care/HMO practice 9.79 (7.05 to 13.58) Hospital-/health system-owned 2.50 (1.83 to 3.41) Other 2.28 (1.43 to 3.63) Safety Net 1.06 (0.68 to 1.66) Scope of Practice 1.05 (1.03 to 1.08) Age in years 1.00 (0.98 to 1.02) CI, confidence interval HMO, health maintenance organization; IMG, international medical graduate; OR, odds ratio; USMG, United States medical graduate.
