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. 2019 Nov;17(6):487–494. doi: 10.1370/afm.2470

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Characteristic Participants
(N = 29 Clinicians)
Recruitment Pool
(N = 134 Clinicians)
Practice setting
Public system
 Clinics, No. 11 15
 Clinicians, No. (%) 20 (69) 88 (66)
University system
 Clinics, No. 5 5
 Clinicians, No. (%) 9 (31) 46 (34)
Profession type, No. (%)
Physician 22 (76) 93 (69)
Nurse practitioner 6 (21) 38 (28)
Physician assistant 1 (3) 3 (2)
Specialty, No. (%)
Family medicine 13 (45) 59 (44)
Internal medicine 10 (34) 52 (39)
Pediatrics 6 (21) 23 (17)
Time in clinical practice, No. (%) NA
<1 year 1 (3)
1-5 years 11 (38)
>5 years 17 (59)
Half-day patient care sessions worked per week, mean (range) 4.8 (2-8) NA
Minutes per visit, mean (range) 23 (12-30) NA
Patients in panel, mean (range) 680 (100-1,600) NA
Clinic SDH score, No.a NA
1 0
2 1
3 0
4 2
5 3
6 3
7 10
8 3
9 4
10 2
Burnout riskb NA
EE score, No. (%)
 Low 6 (21)
 Average 11 (39)
 High 11 (39)
DP score, No. (%)
 Low 19 (68)
 Average 6 (21)
 High 3 (11)

EE = emotional exhaustion; DP = depersonalization; NA = data not available; SDH = social determinants of health.

a

Availability of resources to address social needs. Assessed from response to, “My clinic has the resources, such as dedicated staff, community programs, resources or tools to address patients’ social needs,” on a scale of 1 to 10 where higher score indicates greater agreement.

b

Among 28 clinicians (1 clinician did not provide responses). EE: 0-1 for low, 2-3 for average, 4-6 for high (range, 1-6). DP: 0-1 for low, 2-3 for average, 4-6 for high (range, 0-5). Response options: 0 = never, 1 = a few times a year or less, 2 = once a month or less, 3 = a few times a month, 4 = once a week, 5 = a few times a week, 6 = every day.36