Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Participants
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| PATIENTS | N = 25 |
| Age, years, mean (sd) | 64.5 (8.9) |
| Gender, female, N (%) | 18 (72) |
| Race, N (%) | |
| White | 16 (64) |
| Black | 8 (32) |
| Asian | 0 (0) |
| Missing | 1 (4) |
| Ethnicity, N (%) | |
| Hispanic | 2 (8) |
| Education | |
| 8th grade or less | 1 (4) |
| Some high school | 4 (16) |
| High school graduate | 6 (24) |
| College graduate | 5 (20) |
| More than college education | 8 (32) |
| Missing | 1 (4) |
| Health insurance* | |
| Medicare | 18 (72) |
| Medicaid | 8 (32) |
| Private insurance | 6 (24) |
| Other insurance | 1 (4) |
| No insurance | 0 (0) |
| Chronic conditions† | |
| 15 named conditions | |
| Hypertension | 19 (76) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 14 (56) |
| Diabetes | 11 (44) |
| Gastrointestinal reflux | 9 (36) |
| Osteoarthritis | 9 (36) |
| Coronary artery disease | 6 (24) |
| Depression | 5 (20) |
| Obesity | 5 (20) |
| Asthma | 3 (12) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 3 (12) |
| Osteoporosis | 3 (12) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 2 (8) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2 (8) |
| Atherosclerosis | 1 (4) |
| Migraine headaches | 0 (0) |
| Other‡ | |
| Cancer | 4 (16) |
| Fibromyalgia | 1 (4) |
| Hemochromatosis | 1 (4) |
| Liver disease | 1 (4) |
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 (4) |
| Polycystic ovary syndrome | 1 (4) |
| Thyroid disease | 1 (4) |
| Valvular disease | 1 (4) |
| Self-reported health | |
| Excellent | 3 (12) |
| Very good | 8 (32) |
| Good | 10 (40) |
| Fair | 3 (12) |
| Poor | 1 (4) |
| Outpatient visits in past year, mean (sd) | 12.0 (15.3) |
| Outpatient providers in past year, mean (sd) | 4.1 (2.5) |
| PROVIDERS | N = 21 |
| Type of provider, N (%) | |
| Attending physician | 17 (81) |
| Nurse practitioner | 4 (19) |
| Years since graduation from medical or nursing school, mean (sd) | 22.0 (12.3) |
| Years at practice, mean (sd) | 13.3 (11.9) |
| Gender, female, N (%) | 12 (57) |
| Race, N (%) | |
| White | 14 (66) |
| Black | 1 (5) |
| Asian | 6 (29) |
| Ethnicity, N (%) | |
| Hispanic | 2 (10) |
| Half-days per week providing ambulatory care, mean (sd) | 3.2 (2.2) |
| Half-days per week supervising residents, mean (sd) | 1.7 (1.2) |
*Patients could have more than one type of health insurance
†Patients could indicate as many chronic conditions as applied to them. Medical terms were accompanied by lay terms (such as “hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol)”)
‡“Other” conditions were written in as free text