Table 1 Consistency of physician address and phone number information by specialty
From: Characterizing physician directory data quality: variation by specialty, state, and insurer
Specialty | % address consistent (n/N) | % phone number consistent (n/N) |
|---|---|---|
General Practice | 41.7% (503/1205) | 37% (565/1526) |
Family Medicine | 41.5% (21,340/51,389) | 38.4% (19,688/51,213) |
Plastic Surgery | 40.7% (624/1535) | 41.9% (653/1559) |
Dermatology | 37% (3346/9050) | 40.3% (3639/9028) |
Cardiothoracic Surgery | 36.3% (225/620) | 31% (199/642) |
Allergy & Immunology | 34.5% (188/545) | 36.4% (196/538) |
Preventive Medicine | 34.3% (23/67) | 29.2% (19/65) |
Medical Genetics | 30.6% (11/36) | 39.5% (15/38) |
Otolaryngology | 29.2% (1749/5985) | 32.1% (1916/5978) |
Pain Medicine | 28.8% (240/833) | 29.9% (418/1398) |
Pediatrics | 28.8% (1229/4270) | 24.1% (1020/4235) |
Ophthalmology | 28.2% (3946/14,014) | 31.2% (4366/13,991) |
Psychiatry & Neurology | 27.7% (3591/12,944) | 16.3% (1996/12,273) |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 27.4% (1236/4505) | 27.2% (1112/4082) |
Internal Medicine | 26.8% (27,999/104,456) | 25.9% (26,679/103,071) |
Surgery | 26.7% (5015/18,777) | 25.8% (4834/18,712) |
Pathology | 26.5% (445/1677) | 17.4% (278/1597) |
Neurological Surgery | 26.4% (812/3078) | 30.7% (943/3070) |
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | 26.2% (292/1113) | 19.1% (211/1105) |
Obstetrics & Gynecology | 25.3% (6404/25,289) | 27.2% (6854/25,243) |
Orthopedic Surgery | 21.7% (3090/14,213) | 26.9% (3807/14,165) |
Urology | 21.1% (1435/6807) | 25.3% (1717/6800) |
Emergency Medicine | 20.8% (478/2303) | 14.3% (315/2201) |
Anesthesiology | 17.4% (927/5317) | 14.5% (748/5169) |
Nuclear Medicine | 14.7% (29/197) | 14.3% (111/778) |
Radiology | 11.7% (1686/14,401) | 9.4% (1305/13,852) |
Total | 28.5% (86,865/304,629) | 27.7% (83,604/302,329) |