Table 1 Practitioner characteristics by practitioner type
From: Characteristics of practitioners in a private managed behavioral health plan
Percent of Practitioners | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Psychiatrist | Psychologist | Social Worker | Nurse | Counselor | |
N | 28,897 | 5,703 | 9,191 | 8,248 | 559 | 5,184 |
Percent | 100.0 | 19.6 | 31.8 | 28.7 | 1.9 | 18.0 |
Gender* | ||||||
Female | 55.3 | 23.0 | 49.2 | 71.9 | 85.3 | 72.3 |
Male | 38.0 | 63.1 | 46.0 | 23.3 | 7.0 | 23.1 |
Unknown | 6.6 | 13.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 4.6 |
Bilingual* | ||||||
Yes | 12.1 | 23.3 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 9.5 |
No | 86.4 | 74.3 | 88.4 | 90.0 | 94.8 | 89.7 |
Unknown | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
Age* | ||||||
<45 | 19.0 | 23.1 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 12.9 | 21.2 |
45-49 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 14.0 |
50-54 | 20.3 | 16.3 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 25.8 | 20.8 |
55-59 | 21.1 | 14.8 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 21.8 |
60-64 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 12.6 |
> = 65 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 7.9 |
Unknown | 3.9 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
Mean Age (SD)** | 52.7 | 51.9 | 53.5 | 52.7 | 53.1 | 51.9 |
(9.8) | (10.6) | (9.4) | (9.6) | (8.7) | (9.8) | |