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Supplementary Table 1
Clinical Decision Making, Time with Patients, and Continuity and Coordination Among Physicians with Low or High Participation in Managed Care

	Low Managed Care			High Managed Care
	1997	1999	2001	1997	1999	2001
Has Clinical Freedom to Make Decisions
Primary Care	89.6^a	85.8*^a	88.5*	83.8^a	81.9^a	84.5*
Specialist	78.4	81.4*	88.7*#	70.4	74.1*	*84.7#**
All	82.7	83.2	88.7*#	75.4	77.1	*84.7#**
Can Make Clinical Decisions in the Interest of Patients without Reducing Income
Primary Care	81.4^a	79.1^a	82.7*	74.8^a	73.3^a	75.2^a
Specialist	72.8	72.0	82.2*#	66.9	69.9*	79.8*#
All	76.2	74.9	82.4*#	69.9	71.2	*77.9#**
Can Maintain Continuing Relationships with Patients
Primary Care	82.9^a	82.9^a	81.9^a	74.1^a	73.7^a	73.6
Specialist	66.9	68.6	76.6*#	53.9	59.8*	*71.2#**
All	73.3	74.5	78.9*#	61.6	65.4*	*72.2#**
Communication Between PCPs & Specialists is Sufficient to Ensure Quality of Care
Primary Care	88.0^a	86.7^a	83.3*#	84.9^a	*81.9^a**	*77.5#**
Specialist	76.8	78.6	80.6#	73.4	74.3	76.5#
All	81.2	81.9	81.8	77.7	77.2	76.9
Has Adequate Time to Spend with Patients During Typical Visits
Primary Care	73.6^a	69.8*	65.2*#^a	60.7^a	*56.6^a**	*52.8#,^a**
Specialist	78.5	72.3*	73.5#	69.8	61.5*	62.8#
All	76.6	71.3*	70.0#	66.4	59.6*	58.8#

Notes: Bold text shows that physicians in the top third of managed care revenue (i.e., high managed care) were statistically different from estimates for low managed care physicians (i.e., in the bottom third of managed care revenue).

* Change from previous survey is statistically significant at p<.05.

# Change from 1997-2001 is statistically significant at p<.05.

a. Primary care physicians were statistically different from specialists in the same year.

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Supplementary Table 1 Clinical Decision Making, Time with Patients, and Continuity and Coordination Among Physicians with Low or High Participation in Managed Care

Supplementary Table 1
Clinical Decision Making, Time with Patients, and Continuity and Coordination Among Physicians with Low or High Participation in Managed Care