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Demographic characteristics of physician respondents by state |
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| Variable |
Minnesota (n = 89) |
Pennsylvania (n = 75) |
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| Gender (% male) |
75 |
71 |
| Specialty |
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| Family Practitioner/General Practitioner |
51 |
47 |
| Pediatrician |
49 |
53 |
| Number of primary care physicians in practice (%) |
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| 0–2 |
36 |
26 |
| 3–5 |
27 |
29 |
| 6+ |
37 |
45 |
| Number of patients under age 6 years seen in a typical week, (mean ± SE) |
60.6 (15.4) |
42.8 (3.8) |
| Percentage of primary care patients, (mean ± SE)* |
96 (0.8) |
98 (0.5) |
| Percentage of patients with payment type |
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| Self pay or uninsured (mean ± SE) |
6 (0.7) |
5 (0.7) |
| Medicaid HMO (mean ± SE) |
11 (1.9) |
12 (2.7) |
| Commercial HMO/PPO (mean ± SE) |
40 (3.4) |
40 (2.7) |
| Fee for service insurance (mean ± SE) |
18 (2.6) |
20 (2.5) |
| Traditional Medicaid (mean ± SE)** |
7 (1.3) |
4 (1.1) |
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Means are reported with standard error (SE). *P < 0.01 by t test. **P < 0.05 by t test. | ||
Zimmerman et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:7 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-7 |
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