Table 2.

Cross-Sectional Trends in Primary Practice in National Graduate Survey (NGS) Group and Continuous Certification Questionnaire (CCQ) Group from 2017 to 2020 for Respondents Doing Direct Patient Care

NGS Group (n = 8,492)CCQ Group (n = 30,491)
Outpatient continuity care
Yes
 20171,726 (81.15%)7,580 (79.30%)
 20181,801 (80.76%)6,768 (78.10%)
 20192,013 (81.43%)6,646 (78.44%)
 20201,347 (81.00%)2,951 (77.80%)
Hospitalist
 2017191 (8.98%)355 (3.71%)
 2018203 (9.10%)299 (3.45%)
 2019211 (8.54%)344 (4.06%)
 2020145 (8.72%)234 (6.17%)
Emergency medicine
 201752 (2.44%)481 (5.03%)
 201869 (3.09%)472 (5.45%)
 201982 (3.32%)403 (4.76%)
 202049 (2.95%)161 (4.24%)
Urgent care
 201799 (4.65%)554 (5.80%)
 2018100 (4.48%)559 (6.45%)
 201999 (4.00%)531 (6.27%)
 202066 (3.97%)244 (6.43%)
Outpatient continuity care and hospitalist mixed care
 2017545 (25.62%)1,677 (17.54%)
 2018562 (25.20%)1,374 (15.86%)
 2019618 (25.00%)1,327 (15.66%)
 2020415 (24.95%)545 (14.37%)