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Table 1 Physician Characteristics (N = 142)

From: What effect does physician "profiling" have on inpatient physician satisfaction and hospital length of stay?

 

Pre-Profiling Phase* n = 38

Profiling Phase* n = 36

Attending Physicians (n = 74)

  

Mean years since graduation from medical school (s.d.)

19.4 (9.2)

17.9 (8.5)

Mean years attending at the VA Medical Center (s.d)

7.1 (6.6)

7.8 (7.0)

Female, % (n)

33 (12)

37 (13)

Specialty:< % (n)

  

General internal medicine

36.1 (13)

40 (14)

Internal medicine subspecialty

63.9 (23)

60 (21)

Subspecialty (total may differ from sum due to rounding error):

  

Endocrinology

7.9 (3)

5.6 (2)

Geriatrics

18.4 (7)

16.7 (6)

Hypertension

0.0 (0)

2.8 (1)

Infectious diseases

10.5 (4)

13.9 (5)

Nephrology

2.6 (1)

0.0 (0)

Nuclear medicine

7.9 (3)

2.8 (1)

Pulmonary critical care

2.6 (1)

0.0 (0)

Rheumatology

10.5 (4)

11.1 (4)

None

36.8 (14)

44.4 (16)

 

Pre-Profiling Phase* n = 37

Profiling Phase* n = 31

Senior Resident Physicians (n = 68)

  

Mean years since graduation from medical school(s.d.)

3.6 (1.8)

3.2 (1.1)

Female :< % (n)

47.2 (17)

35.5 (11)

Work pursuing after residency: :< % (n)

  

Primarily outpatient-based general internal medicine

25.0 (9)

12.9 (4)

Primarily inpatient-based general internal medicine

8.3 (3)

6.5 (2)

Subspecialty fellowship

66.7 (24)

80.6 (25)

  1. * None of the differences between pre-profiling and profiling period physicians were statistically significant.