Table 1.
Respondent characteristics
| Inpatient | Outpatient | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-VHA (n = 52) |
Non-VHA (n = 133) |
VHA (n = 55) |
||
| Count (%) | Count (%) | Count (%) | p Value† | |
| Profession | ||||
| Advanced practice nurse | 2 (3.8%) | 13 (9.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | < 0.001‡ |
| Pharmacist | 44 (84.6%) | 89 (66.9%) | 54 (98.2%) | |
| Physician | 6 (11.5%) | 12 (9%) | 1 (1.8%) | |
| Registered nurse | 0 (0%) | 19 (14.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Practice type* | ||||
| Adult internal medicine | 22 (42.3%) | – | – | – |
| Anticoagulation clinic | – | 115 (86.5%) | 52 (94.5%) | NS |
| Cardiology | 14 (26.9%) | 15 (11.3%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0.034 |
| Critical care | 15 (28.8%) | – | – | – |
| Emergency department | 11 (21.2%) | – | – | – |
| Hematology | 8 (15.4%) | 13 (9.8%) | 1 (1.8%) | NS |
| Neurology | 6 (11.5%) | – | – | – |
| Surgery | 12 (23.1%) | – | – | – |
| Stewardship | 36 (69.2%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | NS |
| Anticoagulation forum center of excellence** | 11 (21.2%) | 65 (48.9%) | 11 (20.0%) | < 0.001 |
| Primary role | ||||
| Direct patient care | 34 (65.4%) | 95 (71.4%) | 51 (92.7%) | 0.029‡ |
| Clinic/department management | 10 (19.2%) | 28 (21.1%) | 4 (7.3%) | |
| Other | 8 (15.4%) | 10 (7.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
*Multiple responses possible, available response options varied by setting type
**Centers of excellence designation refers to a voluntary self-assessment program available through anticoagulation forum (https://acforum-excellence.org)
†Statistical tests compared outpatient groups only
‡Statistical test performed across group of response options
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