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Table 1 Physician demographics (N = 39)

From: Quality improvement in small office settings: an examination of successful practices

 

Percentage

 

Percentage

Physician Specialty

 

Practice Location

 

Internal Medicine

N = 18; 46%

Freestanding

N = 23; 59%

Family Practice

N = 12; 31%

Office Building

N = 9; 23%

Pediatrics

N = 7; 18%

Hospital Outpatient Clinic

N = 4; 9%

Med. Subspecialty

N = 2; 5%

Health Center

N = 4; 9%

Practice Size (FTE)

 

Year Graduated Medical School

 

Mean

7.2

1961–1970

0

Median

6.0

1971–1980

N = 16; 42%

Solo

N = 6; 15%

1981–1990

N = 17; 47%

2–5

N = 12; 15%

1991–2000

N = 6; 11%

6–10

N = 12; 31%

  

11–25

N = 9; 23%

  

Region

 

Information Support

 

New England

(MA, ME, NH, VT)

N = 10; 25%

Paper medical records

N = 23; 61%

Southeast

(GA, FL, NC, SC)

N = 8; 21%

Electronic medical records

N = 15; 39%

Great Lakes

(IL, MI, MN)

N = 6; 15%

Paper registries

N = 4; 10%

Mid-Atlantic

(DE, MD, NJ, PA)

N = 5; 13%

Electronic registries

N = 13; 34%

Southwest

(CO, TX)

N = 5; 13%

  

Northwest

(OR, WA)

N = 5; 13%

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