Research Catalog

Title

Practice patterns of young physicians, 1991 [electronic resource] : (United States).

Author

Hadley, Jack.

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Georgetown University. Health Policy Center. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88635560
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035

Summary

The purpose of this study, which follows up on a similar survey (PRACTICE PATTERNS OF YOUNG PHYSICIANS, 1987 [ICPSR 9277]), was to obtain information on the characteristics and practice patterns of young physicians in order to analyze trends in physicians' activities and in the supply of physicians. Topics covered by the survey questionnaire include respondents' current practice arrangements, career choices and satisfaction, perceptions of the medical profession, experiences with discrimination, evaluations of medical training, medical education financing, patient care activities, and current income. To investigate practice arrangements, respondents were queried in detail about the number and type of their current practices and how much time was spent at each one. Practice arrangements were classified by the respondents as solo or group practice, health maintenance organization (HMO), hospital, university or college, medical school, or state, local, or federal government. Respondents were also asked about the relationship of their various practices to Medicaid and Medicare patients, and the proportions of their patients who were poor, Black, Hispanic, uninsured, HIV-positive, or had severe physical disabilities, chronic mental illness, or problems with substance abuse, including alcohol abuse. Information was also obtained on the number of hours respondents spent with patients in a variety of settings such as offices, emergency rooms, outpatient clinics, and operating or delivery rooms. In addition, the survey collected information on demographic characteristics, such as marital status, race, year of birth, number and ages of children, and parents' education and incomes. There are two data files: one for allopathic physicians, and one for osteopathic physicians. For approximately half of the allopathic physicians who graduated from American medical schools, additional information is included from the Student and Applicant Information Management System database (SAIMS) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The SAIMS data, which provide information gathered at the time of application to and graduation from medical school as well as information collected during the administration of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), contain dates of application to medical school, graduation dates, MCAT grades, undergraduate grade-point averages, marital status, parents' education, spouse's education, religious preference, career preference, preferred practice setting, educational debt, scholarship information, and amount of instruction and course work in different subject areas.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 6145

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 6145.

Subjects

• Physicians
• Physicians > United States > Statistics
• Medical personnel > United States
• Health insurance
• Health professions
• Medicaid
• Health care
• Job satisfaction
• Discrimination
• Medical education
• Medical schools
• Career choice
• Medicare
• Medicine > Practice > United States > Statistics
• Health Maintenance Organization
• dataset > 1991
• Physician practice

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1991.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on March 27, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 2 data files + machine-readable documentation (text and PDF) + SPSS data definition statements + machine-readable frequencies (text and PDF).

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: April 1991 - November 1991.
• Time period: 1991.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Hadley, Jack. PRACTICE PATTERNS OF YOUNG PHYSICIANS, 1991: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Health Policy Studies [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
• Grant number: PC-226.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SPSS data definition statements.

Terms of Use (note)

• Restrictions: to preserve respondent confidentiality, certain identifying variables are restricted from general dissemination. Aggregations of this information for statistical purposes that preserve the anonymity of individual respondents can be obtained from ICPSR in accordance with existing servicing policies.

Contents

[pt.1] [without special title] -- [pt.2] Medical student graduation questionnaires.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library