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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jan 20;69(5):1349–1356. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17026

Table 1.

Clinician Demographics and Background

Hospitalist
n=50
Nurse
n=189
Nursing Assistant n=83 TOTAL
N=322

n (%)
Gender
Male 29 (58) 16 (8) 6 (7) 51 (16)
Female 21 (42) 173 (92) 77 (93) 271 (84)
Race
  American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (2) 1 (1) 1 (1) 3 (1)
  Asian 16 (32) 7 (4) 7 (8) 30 (9)
  Black or African American 2 (4) 8 (4) 30 (36) 40 (13)
  White 31 (62) 166 (88) 37 (45) 234 (73)
  Other 0 7 (4) 7 (8) 14 (4)
  Refused 0 0 1 (1) 1(0)
Ethnicity
  Hispanic or Latino 1 (2) 13 (7) 10 (12) 24 (7)
  Non-Hispanic or Latino 49 (98) 174 (92) 70 (85) 293 (91)
  Other 0 2 (1) 2 (3) 4 (2)
Native/first language
  English 46 (92) 174 (92) 54 (65) 274 (85)
  Other 4 (8) 15 (8) 29 (35) 48 (15)
Years practicing
  ≤ 5 years 37 (74) 140 (74) 58 (70) 235 (73)
  > 5 years 13 (26) 49 (26) 25 (30) 87 (27)
Geriatrics/Gerontology certified 1 (2) 2 (1) 2 (2) 5 (1.5)