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Participants’ Demographic Characteristics
| Characteristic | Physicians
|
Patients
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 6 | 43 | 12 | 63 |
| Male | 8 | 57 | 7 | 37 |
| Race | ||||
| White | 13 | 93 | 18 | 95 |
| Other | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Physicians’ specialty | ||||
| Surgeon | 3 | 21 | -- | -- |
| Critical care | 3 | 21 | -- | -- |
| Internist | 8 | 57 | -- | -- |
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| Physicians
|
Patients
|
|||
| Mean | Range | Mean | Range | |
|
| ||||
| Age in years | 48 | 35–61 | 62 | 28–87 |
| Physicians’ years in practice | 16 | 4–30 | -- | -- |
| 1–10 | 5 | 36 | -- | -- |
| 11–20 | 2 | 14 | -- | -- |
| >20 | 7 | 50 | -- | -- |
