Table T8_2_1_5-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 8_2_1_5.1
Office-based physicians with a computerized system for providing clinical notes, United States, 2010
Physician characteristics		Sample size	Percent	SE
Total		3,592	57.1	1.0
Age of physician	Under 35	137	70.7	5.2
	35–44	983	68.3	1.8
	45–54	1,202	59.2	1.9
	55 and over	1,264	48.2	1.6
Practice size (number of physicians)	1–2	978	40.5	1.6
	3–5	1,030	61.6	1.8
	6–10	833	69.5	2.0
	More than 10	751	83.4	2.1
Specialty	Primary care	1,728	59.0	1.4
	Surgical	784	55.4	2.0
	Medical	1,024	54.0	1.8
Ownership	Physician/physician group	2,224	51.6	1.2
Ownership	Other	1,339	73.1	1.8
Non-Hispanic White population^a	Less than 50%	626	53.2	2.2
	50–69%	915	56.0	1.9
	70–79%	671	59.3	2.3
	80% or more	1,380	61.1	1.9
Region	Northeast	615	52.1	2.2
	Midwest	906	60.6	1.9
	South	1,082	55.6	1.8
	West	989	60.9	2.3
Metropolitan status	Metropolitan	2,887	56.9	1.1
Metropolitan status	Nonmetropolitan	705	58.8	2.6

^a Percentage of U.S. standard population in the county that is non-Hispanic White.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), NAMCS core and Electronic Medical Record mail supplement combined file.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T8_2_1_5-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/8_healthsysteminfrastructure/T8_2_1_5-1.html