Characteristics of Diplomates Submitting COVID-PI Activities, April 1–June 30, 2020 (n = 1259)
| Submitting diplomates | All ABFM diplomates | |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | (n, %) | (n, %) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 515, 40.91% | 54102, 53.58% |
| Female | 744, 59.09% | 46868, 46.42% |
| Time since initial certification | ||
| <5 years | 177, 14.06% | 18022, 17.85% |
| 5 to 10 years | 313, 24.86% | 19387, 19.20% |
| 11 to 20 years | 332, 26.37% | 27042, 26.78% |
| >20 years | 419, 33.28% | 36519, 36.17% |
| Not currently certified* | 18, 1.43% | 0, 0.00% |
| Practice characteristics | ||
| Solo | 34, 2.70% | 2735, 2.71% |
| 2 to 5 providers | 135, 10.72% | 8477, 8.40% |
| 6 to 20 providers | 105, 8.34% | 8111, 8.03% |
| >20 providers | 85, 6.75% | 6459, 6.40% |
| No data available† | 900, 71.49% | 75188, 74.47% |
| Faculty (medical school and/or residency) | ||
| No | 294, 23.35% | 21242, 21.04% |
| Core/salaried faculty | 34, 2.70% | 2930, 2.90% |
| Volunteer/clinical faculty | 83, 6.59% | 6110, 6.05% |
| No data available† | 848, 67.36% | 70688, 70.01% |
| Primary practice site | ||
| Hospital-/health system-owned medical practice (not managed care or HMO) | 145, 11.52% | 8925, 8.84% |
| Independently owned medical practice | 105, 8.34% | 7685, 7.61% |
| Managed care/HMO practice | 20, 1.59% | 1602, 1.59% |
| Academic health center/faculty practice | 20, 1.59% | 2006, 1.99% |
| Federally qualified health center | 13, 1.03% | 1641, 1.63% |
| Rural health clinic (federally qualified) | 3, 0.24% | 564, 0.56% |
| Indian Health Service | 3, 0.24% | 157, 0.16% |
| Government clinic, nonfederal (eg, state, county, city, maternal/child health, public health center) | 7, 0.56% | 415, 0.41% |
| Military, Veterans Administration, Department of Defense | 19, 1.51% | 1079, 1.07% |
| Workplace clinic | 3, 0.24% | 470, 0.47% |
| Other | 21, 1.67% | 1240, 1.23% |
| No data available† | 900, 71.49% | 75186, 74.46% |
| Specialty mix | ||
| Family medicine only | 175, 13.90% | 12035, 11.92% |
| Primary care specialty mix (family medicine, internal medicine, and/or pediatrics) | 80, 6.35% | 6516, 6.45% |
| Multiple specialties (not only primary care) | 73, 5.80% | 5345, 5.29% |
| No data available† | 931, 73.95% | 77074, 76.33% |
| Site ownership | ||
| No official ownership stake (100% employed) | 356, 28.28% | 26950, 26.69% |
| Sole owner | 37, 2.94% | 3110, 3.08% |
| Partial owner or shareholder | 56, 4.45% | 5747, 5.69% |
| Self-employed as a contractor (including locums) | 16, 1.27% | 1347, 1.33% |
| Other | 8, 0.64% | 558, 0.55% |
| No data available† | 786, 62.43% | 63258, 62.65% |