Table 1:

Characteristics of Social Workers and Centers Responding to Online Survey

Demographics of Participants/Site Characteristics
		m(IQR)
Tenure conducting MCS/transplant evaluations, years		5.6[1.5,8]
Approximate number of LVADs implanted per year at center		33.2[10.5, 50]
		n(valid %)
Patient populations seena	LVAD Candidates	54(81)
	Heart Transplant Candidates	53(79)
	Other Transplant Candidates	17(25)
	Outpatient Heart Failure	34(51)
	Inpatient Heart Failure	29(43)
	Outpatient General Cardiology	4(6)
	Inpatient General Cardiology	4(6)
	Other: Non cardiac outpatient clinic	2(3)
Social work licensure	Independently licensed	43(64)
	Provisionally licensed	3(4.5)
	Not licensed	1(1.5)
	Missing	20(29)

Note.

^aParticipants able to choose more than one