National Study of Internal Medicine, Physician Practice Study, Phase III, 1981 (ICPSR 8301)

Version Date: Jan 12, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Mary Kay Schleiter; Alvin R. Tarlov

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08301.v1

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Summary

This data collection contains information on the practices of young internists in order to understand the determinants of different practice styles, especially the relationship between training and practice, and to compare the practices of four groups of physicians: (1) general internists with traditional residencies, (2) general internists who received their residency training in special primary care tracks, (3) family physicians, and (4) subspecialty internists. The study queried a national sample of residents and fellows who were in training during 1976-1977 about their current positions, activities, patients, physician-patient relationships, family backgrounds, and educational training histories. Patients of these doctors were also surveyed. Demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, educational level, work status, marital status, and income, were recorded for the patient respondents. Background information on physicians includes family, educational history, and income.

Citation

Schleiter, Mary Kay, and Tarlov, Alvin R. National Study of Internal Medicine, Physician Practice Study, Phase III, 1981. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08301.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRS: 232-80-0032), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ: 5970)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1981
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Sample

Stratified national sample of 691 physicians screened from approximately 1,600.

Universe

General internists with traditional residencies, general internists who received their residency training in special primary care tracks, family physicians, and subspecialty internists in the United States in 1976-1977.

Data Source

Locator-Screener data: telephone interviews. All other data: mailback questionnaires

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1985-05-24

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Schleiter, Mary Kay, and Alvin R. Tarlov. National Study of Internal Medicine, Physician Practice Study, Phase III, 1981. ICPSR08301-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08301.v1

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 7 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This study is maintained and distributed by the Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA). HMCA is the official data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.