Table 2.

Medical Conditions Represented by Focus Group Participants by Report

Focus group 1   BF—History of connective tissue disease and possibly multiple sclerosis  BF—History of hypertension, diabetes, chronic anxiety; experienced patient advocate for care of urban patients with health care disparities  BF—Prior history of chronic migraine headaches, law student and participant in patient advocacy groups   BF—Chronic anemia, multiple ED visits and hospitalizations for postsurgical (hysterectomy) complications  WM—Stable heart disease of chronic medical condition, patient advocate representing a cardiovascular group  WF—Caretaker of a severely brain injured child Focus group 2  WM—Heart failure, chronic musculoskeletal pain  LF—Prior history of cholelithiasis requiring cholecystectomy, hypertension, diabetes  LF—Caretaker of child with chromosomal abnormality causing multiple organ dysfunction  LF—Multiple chronic medical conditions requiring frequent ED visits  WF—Schoolteacher with stable and minor medical problems  BF—Chronic recurring chest pain ultimately diagnosed as hypertrophic asymmetric cardiomyopathy Focus group 3  BM—End‐stage renal disease requiring dialysis  WF–Chronic somatic pain diagnosed as fibromyalgia  BF—Caregiver for family member with pancreatic cancer  BM—Elderly, wheelchair bound, heart failure  WF—Chronic recurring skin infections requiring frequent ED visits  WF—Chronic lung disease and heart failure requiring defibrillator

BF = black female; BM = black male; LF = Latino female; WF = white female; WM = white male.