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. 2011;13(5):PCC.11m01171. doi: 10.4088/PCC.11m01171

Table 2.

Health Care Provider Groups Represented Among Assessment Participants (N=1,338)

Health Care Profession Primary Care, na Mental Health, nb All, nc % of Sample
Physician 165 230 508 38
Nurse/nurse practitioner 30 95 238 18
Health business/administration 242 18
Psychologist 113 10
Social worker 61 5
Physician assistant 52 4
Medical student 47 3
Counselor 18 1
Pharmacist 14 1
Otherd 45 3
Total 1,338 100
a

Includes family medicine and internal medicine specialists.

b

Includes psychiatry.

c

Other specialties identified by more than 1 participant but less than 5% of participants were administration, allergy, cardiology, case management, critical care, dermatology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, education/teaching, geriatrics, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, home care, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, occupational health, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, pain management, pathology, pharmacotherapy, physical medicine, preventative medicine, public health, pulmonary medicine, quality management, research, surgery, and urology.

d

Other professions identified by participants included less than 1% each of chiropractor, clinical case manager, clinical nurse specialist, clinical researcher, health business, health information technology, laboratory technician, medical educator, nutritionist, optometrist, paramedic, pharmacist, physical therapist, podiatrist, rehabilitation specialist, senior executive, and senior manager.