Table 1.

Patient and Physician Characteristics.

Patients^a
Characteristic	Respondents (N =203)^b	Non-respondents (N=17)^c	P value
number (percent)
Female sex	127 (63)	12 (71)	0.79^d
Race^e
White	125 (63)	10 (59)	0.82^d
Black	43 (21)	4 (24)	0.76^f
Hispanic	18 (9)	3 (18)	0.21^f
Asian	8 (4)	0	>0.99^f
Other	6 (3)	0	>0.99^f
Unknown	3 (1)	0	>0.99^f
Age ≥ 55 years	102 (50)	12 (70)	0.13^d
Education ≥ college degree	118 (58)	6 (35)	0.06^d
Primary language: English	183 (91)	16 (94)	0.67^d
Rating of own health as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’^g	87 (43)	7 (41)	0.87^d
Physicians
Characteristic	Respondents (N = 151)	Non-respondents (N = 132)
Male Sex	80 (53)
Graduated from medical school in 2000 or later	35 (29)
20 or more hours per week spent in a clinical setting	52 (42)

All the patients who responded to the survey were at a primary care clinic at the time of a visit.

The number of respondents varied between 199 and 203 as some respondents did not answer all questions.

Of the 100 non-respondents, 17 agreed to answer only the demographics questions contained in the survey.

χ Squared test.

Race or ethnic group was self-reported on the survey. Respondents could choose more than one category.

Fisher exact test.

Patients were asked to rate their own health on a 5-item scale from ‘poor’ to ‘excellent.’