Types of hospital appointments held by physicians in various socioeconomic areas of New York City: implications for the quality of care available in the community.

Abstract

York City in 1966. The quality indicators used to assess the physician are board certification, specialty interest, and the degree and kind of privileges represented by all of his hospital appointments. The main findings are that almost without exception the quality as measured by each variable increases as the socioeconomic level of the physician's office rises. Although one third of the physicians from the poorest communities lack the admitting privilege that provides peer supervision and almost one half of these physicians do not participate in ward and teaching rounds, the high proportions of physicians