Table 1.

Characteristics of Primary Care Providers and Staff

Characteristics	Primary Care
	All (N = 242)†	Providers (n = 91)	Staff (n = 151)
Women’s health training/experience
Had ≥1 women’s health training	36.7%	50.4%	27.5%
Had experience in practice with ≥50% women patients in past 3 years	32.1%	38.4%	27.9%
Individual characteristics
Years of service at VA	14.9 ± 11.7	13.2 ± 12.1	17.3 ± 10.7
Female	74.0%	58.8%	84.2%
Practice characteristics
WH PACT member	40.1%	41.0%	39.5%
Communication across discipline in clinic*	3.4 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.8
Clinic location in rural area	11.3%	10.3%	12.0%
% women veterans at VAMC	7.4 ± 2.4	7.9 ± 2.4	7.1 ± 2.4

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; VA, Department of Veterans Affairs; VAMC, VA medical center; WH-PACT, Women’s Health Patient-Aligned Care Team.

^*Communication score ranges from 1 to 5 where higher score indicates more positive communication with others within clinic.

^†Fourteen respondents (3 primary care providers and 11 staff) who did not respond to all the gender sensitivity questions were excluded. Primary care providers included physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Staff included care managers, medical assistants, medical technicians, and clerks.