Table 1.
Baseline characteristics comparing two clinic study subjects.
| Patient characteristics | Overall | Primary care | Geriatrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | 7,385 | 5,713 | 1,694 |
| Patients excluded (<65 years of age) | 4,142 | 4,056 | 86 |
| Patients excluded (seen in both clinics) | 22 | ||
| Study population size | 3,221 | 1,635 | 1,586 |
| Female (n,%) | 1,845 (57.3) | 884 (54.1) | 961 (60.6) |
| Age (median, IQR) | 78 (71–84) | 74 (68–81) | 81 (75–86) |
| Diagnoses recorded per patient (median, IQR) | 5 (2–10) | 9 (5–15) | 3 (2–5) |
| Patients on 5 or more medications (n) | 1,678 | 1,244 | 434 |
| Patients on 5 or more medications (percent) | 52.1 | 76.1 | 27.4 |
| Medication orders per patient (median, IQR) | 6 (2–15) | 13 (6–24) | 3 (1–6) |
| Patients on 1 or more Beers Criteria medications (n) | 466 | 274 | 192 |
| PIMs per patient (median, IQR) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–0) |
| Visits | 20,947 | 17,613 | 3,334 |
| Visits per patient (median, IQR) | 3 (1–9) | 8 (4–15) | 2 (1–3) |
| Visits with alerts (n) | 7,429 | 6,223 | 1,206 |
| Visits with alerts (%) | 35.5 | 35.3 | 36.2 |