Table 2:

Falls screening, assessment, and medication resources used by type of primary care provider. DocStyles survey - 2016

	All PCP n=1228 %	Family Practitioner n=478 %	Internal Medicine Provider n=522 %	Nurse Practitioner n=228 %
Provider screens older patient for falls when the patient:
Presents with a fall injury*	52.9	53.1	56.1	45.2
Has concerns about falling	51.9	51.3	54.6	46.9
At each wellness visit*	56.4	62.3	47.7	64.0
Rarely screens for fall risk	8.1	8.4	8.2	7.5
Functional assessments commonly used to assess gait and balance *
Any standardized test	45.6	48.3	50.3	30.3
Timed Up and Go Test	26.6	31.4	28.6	13.2
30-Second Chair Stand Test	10.8	9.8	11.7	10.5
4-Stage Balance Test	8.2	7.1	10.0	6.6
Observe only	50.0	48.5	44.6	64.9
Does not assess	4.5	3.1	5.6	4.8
Medication resource use *
Clinical compendia†	47.0	39.4	50.9	53.9
Beers Criteria	13.5	17.8	8.6	15.8
Electronic health records	20.2	20.7	21.7	15.8
Consultant pharmacist referral	3.4	2.5	4.2	3.5
Other	4.1	5.2	2.5	5.3
None	11.8	14.4	12.1	5.7

Chi-square tests were used to determine differences across provider type.

^†Clinical Compendia includes Micromedex or Clinical Pharmacology, Epocrates, and UpToDate or Lexicomp

^*Unadjusted chi-square test for categorical variables was significant at a p-value of ≤ 0.05