title: Productivity of women physicians.
abstract: Personal interview data obtained from 87 randomly selected women physicians in metropolitan Detroit indicates that productivity of women physicians has increased over that shown in previous studies. Eighty-four percent were engaged in medical work at the time of survey, 90% full-time. Only 7% were not working for reasons related to being a woman. Fifty-nine percent had worked continuously full-time since medical school graduation. Nearly half do not plan to retire from medical work. Fifty-eight percent are in private practice and 51% in primary care specialities; 54% are board certified. Direct patient care was listed as their main task by 86% of the women. Sixty-seven percent are married (43% to physicians). Although the 87 women physicians have responsibilities for households containing a total of nearly 300 people, almost one third of whom are children under 18 years old, their productivity is high.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004501:Education, Medical; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D010822:Physicians, Women; D011364:Professional Practice; D013038:Specialization; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States