Table 4.

Patient-reported communication with physicians and pharmacists regarding recent prescriptions (n = 190).

	Physician						Pharmacist
	Reviewed medication list		Explained how to take medicine		Described side effects		Explained how to take medicine		Described side effects
	%	p-Value	%	p-Value	%	p-Value	%	p-Value	%	p-Value
Age		0.04		0.31		0.04		0.02		0.88
<45	52.8		79.7		54.1		52.8		26.4
45–59	51.5		71.4		34.8		29.9		23.9
≥60	73.3		82.6		37.0		48.7		28.2
Gender		0.39		0.22		0.73		0.76		0.55
Female	55.0		80.2		43.8		44.1		28.4
Male	61.5		72.5		41.2		36.4		24.3
Race		0.39		0.97		0.97		0.15		0.90
Black	54.6		77.3		42.7		47.7		26.2
Other	61.0		77.5		43.0		36.6		25.4
Education		0.22		0.16		0.11		0.13		0.12
<High school	45.0		74.4		33.3		46.2		25.6
High school	61.4		80.0		47.5		53.5		36.2
Some college	55.3		65.9		34.2		33.3		16.7
College graduate	66.0		85.4		55.3		33.3		19.1
Literacy level		0.50		0.55		0.08		0.60		0.13
Inadequate	55.6		75.0		58.3		47.2		36.1
Marginal	51.0		73.1		34.6		47.1		29.4
Adequate	61.0		80.4		41.6		39.6		19.8
Medications taken daily		0.16		0.03		0.45		0.69		0.29
0	23.1		50.0		40.0		57.1		42.9
1–2	50.0		75.8		50.0		41.0		19.7
3–4	55.6		78.3		34.8		40.0		24.4
≥5	73.8		85.5		41.9		44.8		29.3
Number of prescribing physicians		0.002		0.35		0.70		0.13		0.58
0	0.0		50.0		25.0		0.0		0.0
1	55.6		75.4		45.6		45.8		25.0
2	63.2		82.1		38.5		31.4		25.7
≥3	65.0		85.7		38.1		55.0		35.0
Clinic type		<0.001	0.001	0.001		0.11		0.44		0.70
Academic	78.5		90.8		50.8		38.9		27.8
Safety net	45.8		70.4		38.7		45.2		25.0