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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2012 Oct 17;58(3):807–814. doi: 10.1007/s10620-012-2396-9

Table 1.

Comparison of baseline intervention and control primary care provider and patient characteristics

Characteristics Intervention Control P-value
Primary Care Provider
Patient to Provider Ratio ± SD 2.32±1.95 2.29±1.81 0.95
Race 0.20
  Asian 8 (21.1%) 13 (34.2%)
Gender 0.49
  Female 20 (52.6%) 23 (60.5%)
Medical Specialty 0.49
  Family Medicine 23 (60.5%) 20 (52.6%)

Patient
Mean Age ± SD (years) 40.4±11.5 41.3±13.1 0.64
Ethnicity (surname) 0.43
  Chinese 60 (68.2%) 64 (73.6%)
Gender 0.68
  Females 54 (61.4%) 56 (64.4%)
Language: 0.95
  English 70 (79.5%) 69 (79.3%)
  Asian Language 8 (9.1%) 9 (10.3%)
  Unknown 10 (11.4%) 9 (10.3%)
Racial Background 0.31
  Asian 69 (78.4%) 67 (77.0%)
  White/Other 2 (2.3%) 6 (6.9%)
  Unknown 17 (19.3%) 14 (16.1%)
Patient Status* 0.54
  Return 74 (84.1%) 76 (87.4%)
Visit Type 0.48
  Preventive Care 35 (39.8%) 27 (31.0%)
  Medical Issues 32 (36.4%) 36 (41.4%)
  No Consult Note 21 (23.9%) 24 (27.6%)

Note: Primary care provider: n = 38 for both intervention and control groups

Patient: n = 88 intervention, n = 87 control

SD = Standard Deviation

*

Patient status was defined as return if the patient had at least one documented visit with a physician within the UC Davis Health System.

Visit types were determined by whether the EHR note listed a medical issue as a chief complaint or one of the following preventive care services: a general checkup, annual physical exam, or a well-woman exam. Only collected from patients who attended their scheduled appointment.