Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Clinicians and Patientsa.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Clinicians (n = 124) | |
| Racial/ethnic minority | 30 (24.2) |
| Female | 66 (53.2) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 47.2 (9.6) |
| Type | |
| Physician | 115 (92.7) |
| Nurse practitioner | 9 (7.3) |
| Specialty | |
| Family medicine | 29 (23.4) |
| Internal medicine | 34 (27.4) |
| Oncology | 24 (19.4) |
| Pulmonology | 8 (6.5) |
| Cardiology | 16 (12.9) |
| Gastroenterology | 3 (2.4) |
| Nephrology | 7 (5.6) |
| Geriatrics | 3 (2.4) |
| Patients (n = 494) | |
| Racial/ethnic minority | 103 (20.9) |
| Female | 235 (47.6) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 73.5 (12.6) |
| Educationb | |
| Eighth grade or less | 12 (2.4) |
| Some high school | 29 (5.9) |
| High school diploma or equivalent | 68 (13.8) |
| Trade school or some college | 202 (41.0) |
| Four-year college degree | 83 (16.8) |
| Some graduate school | 23 (4.7) |
| Graduate degree | 76 (15.4) |
| Marital statusb | |
| Never married | 66 (13.4) |
| Married or living with partner | 222 (45.0) |
| Divorced or separated | 98 (19.9) |
| Widowed | 107 (21.7) |
| Average monthly pretax income in last 3 years, $b | |
| None | 3 (0.7) |
| 1-500 | 4 (0.9) |
| 501-1000 | 58 (12.6) |
| 1001-1500 | 48 (10.4) |
| 1501-2000 | 50 (10.9) |
| 2001-3000 | 72 (15.7) |
| 3001-4000 | 63 (13.7) |
| 4001 or more | 162 (35.2) |
a
Data are from the records of 494 patients and 124 clinicians for whom a target visit occurred.
b
Missing data on education and marital status for 1 patient; missing data on income for 34 patients.