Physician, Practice, and County Characteristics of Family Physicians Registering to Continue their American Board of Family Medicine Certification in 2017 and 2018 (n = 2726)
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Prescribes Buprenorphine | 161 (5.9) |
| Physician characteristics | |
| Male gender | 1,556 (57.1) |
| Age ≥50 years | 1,492 (54.7) |
| White race | 1,972 (72.3) |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 189 (6.9) |
| MD degree vs. DO degree | 2,458 (90.2) |
| International medical graduate | 600 (22.0) |
| Practice characteristics | |
| Practice organization | |
| Academic health center | 186 (6.8) |
| Federally qualified health center | 173 (6.3) |
| Federal | 90 (3.3) |
| Health maintenance organization | 173 (6.3) |
| Hospital owned | 917 (33.6) |
| Miscellaneous/other | 125 (4.6) |
| Other public | 128 (4.7) |
| Private practice | 934 (34.3) |
| Site size | |
| Solo practice | 306 (11.2) |
| 2 to 5 providers | 938 (34.4) |
| 6 to 20 providers | 838 (30.7) |
| >20 providers | 644 (23.6) |
| Any mental health professional | 967 (35.5) |
| County characteristics | |
| Whole county health professional shortage area—mental health | 519 (19.0) |
| Rural county | 405 (14.9) |