Table 1.

Characteristics of providers participating in an interview, compared to providers within the VA Boston Healthcare System.

Characteristics		Study Participants, n (%)	All VA Boston Primary Care, n (%)	P valuea
Providers
	MD	13 (87)	31 (79)	.45
	Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant	2 (13)	8 (21)
Gender
	Female	12 (80)	25 (64)	.17
	Male	3 (20)	14 (36)
Clinic Site b
	Jamaica Plain	9 (60)	15 (38.5)	.002
	West Roxbury	6 (40)	9 (23)
	Brockton	1 (7)	15 (38.5)
Has staff to assist with patient-care
	Yes	15 (100)	-c	-
	No	0	-
Attending physician of record when patients are admitted d
	Yes	0	0	-
	No	14 (93)	31 (100)
% of patients who had medication reconciliation performed prior to office visit
	0-24%e	15 (100)	-	-
	25+%	0	-
Uses decision making or support tools to prevent adverse drug events
	Yes	14 (93)	-	-
	No	1 (7)	-

^a P values calculated via Fisher’s Exact Test.

^bDoes not sum to 15 due to 2 physicians with clinics at 2 sites.

^c“-“ denotes an absence of a system-wide standard practice.

^dNumbers may not sum to 15 due to non-response.

^ePhysicians who reported “few”, “rare”, “not usually”, “very few”.