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