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. 2002 May;17(5):315–326. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10618.x

Table 3.

Rates of Any Alcohol-related Discussion or Advice by Firm

Intervention Firm Control Firm Total P Value*
Rates of any alcohol-related discussion, n (%)
 As a proportion of all taped visits 22/27 (81.5) 17/41 (41.5) 39/68 (57.4) .001
 As a proportion of patients taped 15/17 (88.2) 14/30 (46.7) 29/47 (61.7) .005
 Mean proportion of visits per provider — (82.4) — (39.6) — (52.2) .026
 Mean proportion of visits per patient per provider — (81.3) — (38.4) — (51.0) .027
Rates of any alcohol-related advice, n (%)
 As a proportion of all taped visits 9/27 (33.3) 5/41 (12.2) 14/68 (20.6) .035
 As a proportion of patients taped 7/17 (41.2) 5/30 (16.6) 12/47 (25.5) .087
 Mean proportion of visits per provider — (29.2) — (20.8) —(23.3) .643
 Mean proportion of visits per patient per provider — (30.3) — (18.1) — (21.8) .510
*

Two-tailed χ2 or Permutation t test.

Five providers were in the Intervention firm; 12 were in the Control firm.