Quality and correlates of medical record documentation in the ambulatory care setting

Table 1 Characteristics of 167 HVMA physicians in a study of medical records documentation.

Physician Characteristics	Internists (N = 117) N (%) or mean ± sd	Pediatricians (N = 50) N (%) or mean ± sd	P Value*
Female	46 (39.3)	24 (48.0)	0.31
Years Since Medical School	18.0 ± 8.2	22.3 ± 8.6	0.003
Clinical Hours Per Week^†	34.3 ± 13.8	29.0 ± 9.4	0.006
Teacher	63 (53.9)	22 (44.0)	0.31
Practice Site Outside Boston City Limits	74 (63.3)	33 (66.0)	0.86

* P values from t-tests for comparison of continuous variables and from Fisher's exact tests for dichotomous variables. ^† For Clinical Hours Per Week, total N = 163. sd represents standard deviation.

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