Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals

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Figure 1.
Overall proportion of leadership representation on top hospital lists. Abbreviations: PCP, Primary care physician; USNWR, US news and world reports.

Table 1.

Leadership Characteristics of CEOs on Top Hospital Lists

	List Source
Leadership Characteristics	Becker (n = 101^*)	Leapfrog (n = 150^*)	Lown (n = 74⁺)	USNWR (n = 20)
Physician
Physician	38 (37.6)	22 (14.7)	15 (20.3)	13 (65.0)
Non-physician	63 (62.4)	128 (85.3)	59 (79.7)	7 (35.0)
Primary Care Physician (PCP)	7 (6.9)	7 (4.7)	3 (4.1)	1 (5.0)
Non-PCP	31 (30.7)	15 (10.0)	12 (16.2)	12 (60.0)
Physician Gender
Female Physician	3 (3.0)	4 (2.7)	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)
Male Physician	35 (34.7)	18 (12.0)	14 (18.9)	13 (65.0)
Female PCP	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)
Male PCP	6 (5.9)	7 (4.7)	2 (2.7)	1 (5.0)

Physician Specialty∧	Becker (n = 38)	Leapfrog (n = 22)	Lown (n = 15)	USNWR (n = 13)
Subspecialty Care
Anesthesia	5 (13.2)	2 (9.1)	1 (6.7)	1 (7.7)
Emergency Med	3 (7.9)	3 (13.6)	2 (13.3)	1 (7.7)
General Surgery	2 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (6.7)	0 (0.0)
Informatics	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Medical Subspecialty	9 (23.7)	2 (9.1)	1 (6.7)	5 (38.5)
OBGYN	2 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	3 (20.0)	0 (0.0)
Ophthalmology	0 (0.0)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Pathology	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Pediatric Subspecialty	2 (5.3)	1 (4.5)	1 (6.7)	0 (0.0)
Psychiatry	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (7.7)
Radiology	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (7.7)
Surgical Subspecialty	4 (10.5)	4 (18.2)	3 (20.0)	3 (23.1)
Urology	0 (0.0)	2 (9.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Subtotal	31 (81.6)	15 (68.2)	12 (80.0)	12 (92.3)
Primary Care
Family Medicine	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Internal Medicine	5 (13.2)	6 (27.3)	3 (20.0)	1 (7.7)
Pediatric Primary Care	1 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Preventive Medicine	0 (0.0)	1 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Subtotal	7 (18.4)	7 (31.8)	3 (20.0)	1 (7.7)

Notes. Due to the structure of each list, duplication of individual leaders was possible based on multiple site inclusion per list.
↵*Becker and Leapfrog both had one entity that used a co-leadership structure.
⁺One hospital was removed from the Lown list as it was not a service delivery organization.
^∧Proportion calculations about physician specialty were isolated to the total number of physician leaders on each list.
Abbreviation: USNWR, US news and world reports.