Table 2.

Case Manager Characteristics (N = 28)

Characteristic	Interview subjects
Gender, n (%)
Male	0 (0.0 %)
Female	28 (100.0 %)
Ethnicity, n (%)
Non-Hispanic, white	27 (96.4 %)
Non-Hispanic, black	0 (0.0 %)
Hispanic	0 (0.0 %)
Other	1 (3.6 %)
Employed at one of three hospitals with affiliated agency, n (%)	9 (32.1 %)
Years of experience helping patients choose home care, mean (median)	10.1 (7.0)

The five hospitals included two academic teaching hospitals (in one health system) and three community hospitals (in two health systems). Each of the three community hospitals had an affiliated home health agency.