Table 2 Physician and network demographics included in the participation study
Participated | Did not participate | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
(\(n=163\)) | (\(n=185\)) | ||
Term | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Physician Characteristics | |||
Age | 41.53 (7.10) | 43.29 (9.21) | 0.06 |
Missing (%) | 24 (14.72%) | 27 (14.59%) | |
Sex | |||
Male | 84 (51.3%) | 101 (54.59%) | 0.82 |
Female | 55 (33.74%) | 57 (30.81%) | |
Missing | 24 (14.72%) | 27 (14.59%) | |
No. Hospitals | 1.87 (1.29) | 1.46 (0.74) | <0.001 |
Patient Encounters | 11960.75 (4937.71) | 10144.84 (4967.36) | <0.001 |
Years with physician organization | 3.75 (0.73) | 3.51 (0.97) | 0.01 |
Shannon Diversity (\(H_i\)) | 0.13 (0.24) | 0.06 (0.17) | <0.001 |
Network Characteristics | |||
Within Hospital Degree | 9.55 (3.46) | 10.47 (3.84) | 0.02 |
Across Hospital Degree | 4.06 (6.30) | 2.87 (4.86) | 0.05 |
Betweeness Centrality | 361.21 (1180.53) | 106.26 (458.99) | 0.01 |
Within Participation \((WY_{wi,i})\) | 0.54 (0.17) | 0.42 (0.15) | <0.001 |
Across Participation (\(WY_{ac,i}\))\(^\dagger\) | 0.34 (0.41) | 0.3 (0.42) | 0.32 |