Table 4.
Frequency of Free-text and Coded Hypoglycemic Drug Entries by Provider Role and Clinic Type (n=2412)
| No. (%) of free-text entries a | No. (%) of coded entries b | Proportion of free-text over all entries by type; % a/(a+b)*100 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider role | |||
| Physician | 1416 (58.7) | 18096 (76.7) | 7.3 |
| Physician Assistant | 12 (0.5) | 84 (0.4) | 12.5 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 299 (12.4) | 2678 (11.4) | 10.0 |
| Registered Nurse | 189 (7.8) | 411(1.7) | 31.5 |
| Pharmacist | 14 (0.6) | 105 (0.4) | 11.8 |
| Unspecified | 482 (20.0) | 2215(9.4) | 17.9 |
| Clinic type | |||
| General/Internal medicine and primary care | 651 (27.0) | 13422 (56.9) | 4.6 |
| Ophthalmology | 585 (24.3) | 1561 (6.6) | 27.3 |
| Endocrine/diabetes center | 347 (14.4) | 3922 (16.6) | 8.1 |
| Urgent care | 133 (5.5) | 136 (0.6) | 49.4 |
| Pediatrics | 122 (5.1) | 695 (2.9) | 14.9 |
| Oncology | 100 (4.1) | 487 (2.1) | 17.0 |
| Women’s care | 61 (2.5) | 464 (2.0) | 11.6 |
| Cardiology | 35 (1.5) | 336 (1.4) | 9.4 |
| Others | 378 (16.7) | 2566 (10.8) | 12.8 |
| Total | 2412 | 23589 | 9.3 |