TABLE 1.
Characteristics of participating home health agencies (n = 4) and key informants (n = 19)
| Home health agency characteristics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency identifier | Geographic region | Rurality | Ownership | Scale of operations |
| A | Mid‐Atlantic | Urban | Not‐for‐profit | Local |
| B | West | Urban | Not‐for‐profit | Regional |
| C | Southwest | Rural | For‐profit | National |
| D | Northeast | Urban | Not‐for‐profit | Local |
| Key informant characteristics | n (%) or mean (range) | |||
| Age | 45.1 (28 to 63) | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 18 (94.7%) | |||
| Male | 1 (5.3%) | |||
| Race a | ||||
| White | 17 (89.5%) | |||
| Black | 1 (5.3%) | |||
| Licensure | ||||
| RN | 11 (57.9%) | |||
| PT | 8 (42.1%) | |||
| Years of home health care experience | 9.3 (1.5 to 23) | |||
| Agency of employment (study identifier) | ||||
| A | 6 (31.6%) | |||
| B | 4 (21.0%) | |||
| C | 6 (31.6%) | |||
| D | 3 (15.8%) | |||
a
One key informant declined to share their race.