Factors influencing professional life satisfaction among neurologists

Teixeira-Poit, Stephanie M.; Halpern, Michael T.; Kane, Heather L.; Keating, Michael; Olmsted, Murrey

doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2343-8

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population^b

From: Factors influencing professional life satisfaction among neurologists

Study Population Characteristic	n	%
Total study population	625	100.00
Age
44 years or younger	160	26.02
45 to 53 years	160	26.02
54 to 59 years	153	24.88
60 years or older	142	23.09
Sex
Male	439	70.47
Female	184	29.53
Race
White	404	78.45
Asian	102	19.81
Other race	15	2.91
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	34	6.76
Not Hispanic or Latino	469	93.24
Completed any neurology subspecialty training
Yes	467	76.18
No	146	23.82
Faculty member in a medical school, neurology department, or other academic department
Yes	175	67.41
No	362	32.59
Weeks per year providing direct patient care
0 to 45	130	21.17
46 to 48	222	36.16
49 to 50	170	27.69
51 to 52	92	14.98
Primary practice arrangement
Solo practice	140	26.32
Neurology group	151	28.38
Multispecialty group	62	11.65
University based group	94	17.67
Other^a	64	12.03
I do not have a clinical practice	21	3.95
% of time devoted to clinical practice
Less than 50% of my professional time	69	12.80
50% to 75% of my professional time	107	19.85
More than 75% of my professional time	363	67.35
% of time devoted to research/teaching
None of my professional time	204	37.85
Under 25% of my professional time	222	41.19
25% or more of my professional time	113	20.96
% of time devoted to administration/other
None of my professional time	244	45.27
Less than 10% of my professional time	148	27.46
10% or more of my professional time	147	27.27
Practice location
Within a major city	316	51.38
Suburban or moderate-sized city	221	35.93
Small city/rural area	78	12.68
Total number of patients seen in an average week
0 to 34	146	24.70
35 to 50	156	26.40
51 to 75	154	26.06
76 to 400	135	22.84
Total number of new patients seen in an average week
0 to 8	155	26.45
9 to 14	146	24.91
15 to 20	171	29.18
21 to 120	114	19.45
Plans to retire from patient care or significantly reduce patient care hours
Yes	62	10.08
No	553	89.92

^aThe “other” category includes neurologists who responded “staff-model HMO,” “government hospital or clinic,” or “other public or private hospital or clinic setting” to the question, “Indicate in which practice arrangement you spend the majority of your clinical time.”
^bValues may not sum to the full study population due to missing responses

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