From: Referral patterns and attitudes of Primary Care Physicians towards chiropractors
Attribute | Â | Participants (n = 513) | Non-Participants (n = 1099) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean (SD) | 48.8 (10.2) | 47.3 (9.5) | .004 |
Sex | Women | 24.8% | 26.6% | .465 |
 | Men | 75.2% | 73.4% |  |
Degree | DO | 21.2% | 28.3% | .003 |
 | MD | 78.8% | 71.7% |  |
Specialty | Family Practice | 81.7% | 74.2% | < 0.001 |
 | Internal Medicine | 18.3% | 25.8% |  |
Activity | Private Practice | 84.4% | 85.4% | .525 |
 | Others (Administration, teaching, research, public/community health, student health, and urgent care) | 15.6% | 14.6% |  |
Residency | Family Practice | 64.3% | 59.5% | .008 |
 | Internal Medicine | 17.7% | 25.3% |  |
 | Others | 1.4% | 1% |  |
 | Unknown | 16.6% | 14.2% |  |
Years since graduation | Mean (SD) | 21.2 (10.4) | 19.9 (25) | .267 |
Practice Arrangement | HMO | 0.4% | 0.8% | .308 |
 | Independent Practice | 23.8% | 21.5% |  |
 | Hospital-based Independent Practice | 1.0% | 0.5% |  |
 | Integrated Health System | 55.9% | 54.0% |  |
 | Physician Network | 8.8% | 11.1% |  |
 | Unknown | 10.1% | 12.1% |  |