| Likert Ratings | Settings | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | Micropractice | Residency | |||
| Work satisfaction | |||||
| How satisfied are you with your current income? | 1 = not satisfied, 5 = very satisfied | 2.76 (0.49) | 2.32 (0.58) | 3.21 (0.36) | 0.38 |
| How satisfied are you with the amount of family time you have? | 1 = not satisfied, 5 = very satisfied | 2.97 (0.44 | 4.09 (0.45) | 2.34 (0.32) | <.001* |
| How would you rate the quality of the working relationships among physicians in your work group? | 1 = poor, 5 = excellent | 3.79 (0.43) | 4.39 (0.42) | 3.97 (0.33) | .099 |
| How satisfied are you with your ability to provide continuity of care? | 1 = not satisfied, 5 = very satisfied | 3.45 (0.44) | 4.50 (0.46) | 3.50 (0.33) | <.001* |
| Practice issues | |||||
| How often do you work under time pressure? | 1 = never, 5 = always | 4.07 (0.31) | 2.50 (0.42) | 4.05 (0.21) | <.001* |
| Do you agree or disagree that the amount of paperwork you process is reasonable? | 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree | 2.21 (0.37) | 2.86 (0.57) | 2.13 (0.33) | .089 |
| How much influence do you have over management decisions that affect your practice? | 1 = very little, 5 = very much | 2.72 (0.39) | 4.64 (0.49) | 2.32 (0.36) | <.001* |
| How often are you able to match the amount of time you have to spend with patients to the level of complexity of each patient's case? | 1 = never, 5 = always | 3.29 (0.28) | 4.62 (0.25) | 3.03 (0.24) | <.001* |
| Outcomes | |||||
| How satisfied are you with your opportunities to fully utilize your skills in your practice situation? | 1 = not satisfied, 5 = very satisfied | 3.55 (0.36) | 4.38 (0.44) | 3.58 (0.3) | .001* |
| How satisfied are you with being a physician? | 1 = not satisfied, 5 = very satisfied | 4.00 (0.36) | 4.00 (0.53) | 4.39 (0.25) | NS |
| Given your work situation in total, how would you rate the overall quality of the medical care you are able to provide? | 1 = poor, 5 = excellent | 4.21 (0.18) | 4.68 (0.27) | 4.26 (0.2) | .003* |
| To what extent are you able to achieve your overall professional goals within your current practice situation? | 1 = not at all, 5 = very much | 3.66 (0.38) | 4.50 (0.5) | 3.86 (0.33) | .001* |
| I plan to leave my practice in the near future. | 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree | 2.66 (0.54) | 1.52 (0.42) | 2.50 (0.39) | .004* |
Data are shown as means (95% confidence intervals) of Likert scale ratings. Bolded values indicate significant differences between micropractice and residency/community physicians.
↵* Values are significant at P < .004 (Kruskal-Wallis tests).