Table II.

Outcomes: health care professional reported efforts to detect or manage alcohol problems in patients in the past year.

Items		Never %	1–11 times %	12 or more times %	Pearson Chi-square signif.
No. of times a questionnaire or a formal screening instrument was used to assess an adult patient for alcohol problems.	MD	74.6	16.9	8.5
	NP	66.9	18.6	14.5
No. of times a blood test was taken or requested for a patient because of concern about his or her alcohol consumption.	MD	42.6	36.8	20.6	0.000
	NP	65.5	20.6	13.9
		None	1–11 patients	12 or more patients
No. of patients managed specifically for their heavy drinking or alcohol related problems.	MD	33.1	37.5	29.4	0.001
	NP	52.7	31.7	15.6

Note: n = 136 physicians and n = 167 nurse practitioners.