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. 2008 Jan 14;8:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-3

Table 1.

Survey Respondent Characteristics, by Experimental Group

Patient Characteristics Control Physicians Intervention Physicians
(n = 1,187) (n = 894)
Average # patients/MD 107.9 (21.3) 89.4 (24.2)
Age 48.5 (10.9) 49.8 (10.3) **
Gender (% male) 44% 39% *
Education ***
 Less than high school 3.2% 6.1%
 High school graduate 73.4% 31.6%
 College graduate & beyond 23.4% 67.8%
Race
 White 77% 61% ***
 Black 2% 11% ***
 Hispanic 7% 5%
 Asian 4% 17% ***
 Other 14% 9% ***
Self Rated Physical Health 56.1 (25.2) 57.3 (27.4)
Physician-Patient Relationship Duration ***
 < 6 months 7% 10%
 6 months – 1 year 9% 14%
 1–2 years 17% 28%
 3–5 years 17% 23%
 > 5 years 50% 25%
Number of Chronic Conditions 1.6 (1.5) 1.5 (1.4)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001