TABLE 2.

Characteristics of Interviewees

Characteristics	No. Interviewees [n (%)]
Interviewee by role (N=73)
Staff clinician	60 (75.9)
Clinical leader*	13 (16.5)
Staff clinicians by location (N=60)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center	42 (70)
Community-based Outpatient Clinic	18 (30)
Staff clinician by specialty (N=60)
Primary care	25 (41.7)
Cardiology	14 (23.3)
Neurology	12 (20)
Staff clinicians by discipline (N=60)
Physicians	50 (83.3)
Nonphysicians†	10 (16.7)

^*Clinical leaders included Veterans Integrated Service Network–level and site-level leaders in positions such as chief of medicine, chief of staff, etc.

^†Nonphysicians included advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants), as well as registered nurses.