Table 1.
DESI program prescription by practice
| DESI topic | Practice 1 | Practice 2 | Practice 3 | Practice 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate cancer screening | 42 | 25 | – | 23 | 90 |
| Colon cancer screening | 12 | 17 | 8 | 34 | 71 |
| Diabetes | 8 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 69 |
| Advanced directives | 7 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 59 |
| Acute low back pain | 8 | – | 45 | 3 | 56 |
| Managing menopause | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| Chronic low back pain | 4 | 12 | – | 6 | 22 |
| Coping with depression | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
| Living with heart failure | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Treatment choices for knee osteoarthritis | – | – | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Treatment choices for hip osteoarthritis | – | – | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Weight loss surgery | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| Early stage breast cancer ‐ surgery | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Living with coronary artery disease | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
| Treatment choices for spinal stenosis | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| Treatment for coronary artery disease | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Early stage breast cancer ‐ hormone therapy | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Ovarian cancer | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Treatment for prostate cancer | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Breast reconstruction | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Chronic pain | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| Treatment choices for herniated disc | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia | – | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| Treatment for uterine fibroids | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Total | 98 | 104 | 123 | 132 | 457 |
This table lists the number and type of DESIs prescribed at each clinic. Zero values indicate programs that were selected, but never prescribed. Dashed lines were programs not selected for the respective practice library.