Table 3.
Number of encounters for the delivery of cardiovascular guideline recommendations (V4) by nonphysician health care professionals during the pilot (after crossover; N=369).
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Control arm (n=215)a, n (%) | Intervention arm (n=154)a, n (%) | P valueb |
| Nursing encounters for the delivery of V4 recommendations | 48 (22.3) | 51 (33.1) | .02 |
| Pharmacist encounters for the delivery of V4 recommendations | 1 (0.5) | 31 (20.1) | <.001 |
| Tobacco cessation coach encounters for the delivery of tobacco discontinuation strategies | 3 (1.4) | 30 (19.5) | <.001 |
aTotal number of patients in each arm after crossing over.
bTwo-sample 2-tailed t tests were used to compare means, and chi-square tests were used for comparison of percentages; for all analyses, P<.05 was considered significant.