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Family medicine emergency physician density per 100,000 population by county.
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Family medicine emergency physician percent among all clinically active emergency physicians by county.
Tables
- Table 1.
Comparison of Family Medicine Trained and/or Board Certified Emergency Physicians by Board Certification
Characteristics All Family Medicine EPs, n = 4354 Family Medicine Board Certification, n = 3596 General Emergency Medicine Board Certification, n = 388 Neither Family Medicine nor Emergency Medicine Board Certification, n = 51 No Board Certification, n = 319 n % n % n % n % n % P Value* Demographics Age, y (median [IQR]) 4354 65 (59 to 69) 3596 64 (59 to 69) 388 66 (58 to 70) 51 67 (62 to 71) 319 65 (60 to 71) <0.001 Age categories, y <0.001 25 to 44 138 3 110 3 14 4 1 2 13 4 45 to 64 1991 46 1701 47 135 35 21 41 134 42 ≥65 2225 51 1785 50 239 62 29 57 172 54 Female sex 531 12 429 12 56 14 5 10 41 13 0.48 International medical graduate 701 16 589 16 33 9 8 16 71 22 <0.001 Geography US Census division <0.001 New England 175 4 149 4 15 4 2 4 9 3 Mid Atlantic 341 8 281 8 34 9 4 8 22 7 East North Central 590 14 496 14 36 9 9 18 49 16 West North Central 391 9 349 10 19 5 2 4 21 7 South Atlantic 903 21 728 20 100 26 8 16 67 22 East South Central 415 10 341 10 28 7 5 10 41 13 West South Central 586 14 491 14 33 9 10 20 52 17 Mountain 366 8 305 9 40 10 5 10 16 5 Pacific 561 13 441 12 80 21 6 12 34 11 MSA population size <0.001 ≥1,000,000 1722 40 1367 38 203 52 26 51 126 40 250,000 to 999,999 939 22 801 22 74 19 9 18 55 17 100,000 to 249,999 474 11 398 11 38 10 4 8 34 11 <100,000 65 1 54 2 4 1 2 4 5 2 Unknown 1154 27 976 27 69 18 10 20 99 31 Urban influence <0.001 Urban 3402 79 2781 78 340 88 40 78 241 76 Large rural 560 13 479 13 33 9 7 14 41 13 Small rural 372 9 322 9 12 3 4 8 34 11 Training Residency <0.001 Emergency medicine 403 9 176 5 200 52 3 6 24 8 Family medicine 3646 84 3181 88 162 42 21 41 282 88 Internal medicine 66 2 29 0.8 14 4 19 37 4 1 Pediatrics 11 0.3 6 0.2 3 0.8 2 4 0 0 Surgery 62 1 38 1 9 2 6 12 9 3 Internship only 58 1 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other residency 13 0.3 13 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 95 2 95 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Years since completed medical training 0.006 <5 44 1 34 1 1 0.3 1 2 8 3 5 to 9 98 2 79 2 13 3 0 0 6 2 10 to 19 520 12 415 12 66 17 4 8 35 11 ≥20 3597 84 2973 85 308 79 46 90 270 85 Primary specialty of emergency medicine 2563 59 2004 56 363 94 9 18 187 59 <0.001 EPs, emergency physicians; IQR, interquartile range; MSA, metropolitan statistical area.
↵* Bivariate comparisons were tested using Kruskal-Wallis, χ2, and Fisher's exact tests, as appropriate.
All Family Medicine EPs, Male (n = 3823) Female (n = 531) Characteristics n % n % P Value* Demographics Age, y (median [IQR]) 3823 65 (59 to 69) 531 62 (54 to 67) <0.001 Age categories, y <0.001 25 to 44 101 3 37 7 45 to 64 1691 44 300 57 ≥65 2031 53 194 37 International medical graduate 630 16 71 13 0.07 Geography US Census division 0.87 New England 148 4 27 5 Mid Atlantic 302 8 39 7 East North Central 519 14 71 13 West North Central 340 9 51 10 South Atlantic 789 21 114 22 East South Central 371 10 44 8 West South Central 512 13 74 14 Mountain 321 8 45 9 Pacific 498 13 63 12 MSA population size 0.03 ≥1,000,000 1503 39 219 41 250,000 to 999,999 815 21 124 23 100,000 to 249,999 433 11 41 8 <100,000 52 1 13 2 Unknown 1020 27 134 25 Urban influence 0.77 Urban 2993 79 409 77 Large rural 487 13 73 14 Small rural 325 9 47 9 Training Residency <0.001 Emergency medicine 322 8 81 15 Family medicine 3232 85 414 78 Internal medicine 59 2 7 1 Pediatrics 8 0.2 3 0.6 Surgery 57 1 5 0.9 Internship only 57 1 1 0.2 Other residency 12 0.3 1 0.2 None 76 2 19 4 Years since completed medical training <0.001 <5 29 0.8 15 3 5 to 9 76 2 22 4 10 to 19 421 11 99 19 ≥20 3221 86 376 73 Primary specialty of emergency medicine 2244 59 319 60 0.55 EPs, emergency physicians; IQR, interquartile range; MSA, metropolitan statistical area.
↵* Bivariate comparisons were tested using Kruskal-Wallis, χ2, and Fisher's exact tests, as appropriate.
- Appendix Table 1.
Comparison of Family Medicine Emergency Physicians with Isolated Family Medicine or Dual Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine Board Certification, n = 3596
Isolated FM Board Certification (n = 2860) Dual FM and EM Board Certification (n = 736) Characteristics n % n % P Value* Demographics Age, y (median [IQR]) 2860 63 (58 to 67) 736 69 (66 to 72) <0.001 Age categories, y <0.001 25 to 44 93 3 17 2 45 to 64 1573 55 128 17 ≥65 1194 42 591 80 Female sex 364 13 65 9 0.004 International medical graduate 512 18 77 10 <0.001 Geography US Census division <0.001 New England 108 4 41 6 Mid Atlantic 216 8 65 9 East North Central 395 14 101 14 West North Central 303 11 46 6 South Atlantic 583 20 145 20 East South Central 295 10 46 6 West South Central 426 15 65 9 Mountain 216 8 89 12 Pacific 306 11 135 18 MSA population size <0.001 ≥1,000,000 1036 36 331 45 250,000 to 999,999 617 22 184 25 100,000 to 249,999 310 11 88 12 <100,000 42 1 12 2 Unknown 855 30 121 16 Urban influence <0.001 Urban 2142 75 639 87 Large rural 409 14 70 10 Small rural 297 10 25 3 Training Residency <0.001 Emergency medicine 29 1 147 20 Family medicine 2665 93 516 70 Internal medicine 14 0.5 15 2 Pediatrics 3 0.1 3 0.4 Surgery 26 0.9 12 2 Internship only 35 1 23 3 Other residency 6 0.2 7 1 None 82 3 13 2 Years since completed medical training 0.002 <5 29 1 5 0.7 5 to 9 53 2 26 4 10 to 19 350 13 65 9 ≥20 2346 84 627 87 Primary specialty of emergency medicine 1402 49 602 82 <0.001 EM, emergency medicine; FM, family medicine; IQR, interquartile range; MSA, metropolitan statistical area.
↵* Bivariate comparisons were tested using Kruskal-Wallis, χ2, and Fisher's exact tests, as appropriate.
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