The difficult doctor? Characteristics of physicians who report frustration with patients: an analysis of survey data

Table 1 Characteristics of participating physicians

Physician characteristics	Mean*	Percent*
Age, mean years	47
Male		77
Race/Ethnicity
White		82
Asian		10
Hispanic		4
Black		2
Other		2
Specialty
Family medicine		47
General internal medicine		40
Medicine subspecialty		12
Fair-poor health		6
Often depressed		10
Often anxious		12
Practice characteristics
Practice setting
Small group		40
Solo		21
Large group		18
Miscellaneous		9
Academic		7
Health maintenance organization		6
Work-hours, mean hours/week	55
Follow-up visit time, mean minutes	15
Patients, estimated mean %
with complex medical problems	42
with psychosocial problems	29
with substance abuse	9

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