Table 5.

Family physicians’ and geriatric specialists’ ratings of the role of interprofessional collaboration within primary care to support geriatric care: Level of agreement was measured on a 9-point Likert scale, on which 1 is the lowest level and 9 is the highest level.

PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAMS	FAMILY PHYSICIANS (N = 29), MEAN (SD)	GERIATRIC SPECIALISTS (N = 9), MEAN (SD)	P VALUE FOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GROUPS
Your current level of involvement in interprofessional collaboration can help optimize health outcomes for your patients with frailty and complex comorbidities	6.9 (1.6)	6.9 (1.6)	.95
In addition to direct clinical care, geriatric specialists should be available to provide continuing education to support the ability of primary care to manage patients with frailty and complex comorbidities	7.9 (1.0)	8.4 (1.7)	.24
Embedding geriatric specialists within the primary care structure would improve the care of patients with frailty and complex comorbidities	7.7 (1.3)	7.4 (1.9)	.70