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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2019 Feb;21(1):71–79. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000490

Table 2.

Healthcare Team Member Characteristics

2013
N=740
2017
N=924
Inpatient
N=532
Outpatient
N=208
Inpatient
N=553
Outpatient
N=371
Healthcare Team Member Role N (%) N (%)
 Nurse 532 (100) 208 (100) 516 (93) 216 (58)
 Care Coordinator* - - 30 (5) 22 (6)
 Medical Assistant - - 2 (0.4) 123 (33)
 Other - - 5 (0.9) 10 (3)
Specialty Area
 Critical Care 127 (24) 54 (26) 208 (37) 29 (8)
 Oncology Services 56 (11) 29 (14) 54 (10) 73 (20)
 Medicine Services 109 (20) 25 (12) 105 (19) 102 (27)
 Perioperative Services 33 (6) 37 (18) 48 (8) 59 (16)
 Surgical Services 119 (22) 23 (11) 77 (14) 66 (18)
 Women’s Services 51 (10) 9 (4) 32 (6) 11 (3)
 Float 15 (3) 3 (1) 18 (3) 4 (1)
 Other 6 (<1) 22 (11) 19 (3) 27 (7)
 Missing Data 16 (3) 6 (3) 8 (<1) 0 (0)
*

Care Coordinator can include Case Manager, Care Manager, or Social Worker