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Table 2 Characteristics of physicians and non-physician primary care personnel enrolled at the start of the intervention

From: Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial of pay for performance for hypertension treatment: study protocol

Characteristic*

Primary care physicians (n = 83)

Non-physician personnel

(n = 42)

Male, n (%)

45 (54.2)

6 (14.3)

Age at start of study, mean (SD), y

46.5 (7.8)

48.7 (8.7)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

  

   White

35 (42.2)

24 (57.1)

   Black

6 (7.2)

12 (28.6)

   Asian

34 (41.0)

3 (7.1)

   Hispanic

4 (4.8)

1 (2.4)

   Other†

3 (3.6)

2 (4.8)

   Unknown‡

1 (1.2)

0

Board certified, n (%)

76 (91.6)

N/A

Primary specialty internal medicine, n (%)

71 (85.5)

N/A

Trained in a subspecialty/secondary specialty, n (%)

18 (21.7)

N/A

Years practicing since residency completion, mean (SD)

12.6 (7.8)

N/A

Proportion of professional time spent delivering patient care, mean (SD)

0.89 (0.13)

0.86 (0.20)

Role in patient care delivery, n (%)

N/A

 

   Licensed practical nurse

N/A

10 (23.8)

   Medical support assistant

N/A

3 (7.1)

   Pharmacist

N/A

2 (4.8)

   Physician assistant or nurse practitioner

N/A

5 (11.9)

   Registered nurse

N/A

16 (38.1)

   Registered nurse case manager or care coordinator

N/A

6 (14.3)

  1. * Data collected as part of the participant demographic questionnaire conducted following the informed consent discussion.
  2. †Other includes participants that described themselves as Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, or belonging to more than one race/ethnicity group.
  3. ‡Participant declined to answer.
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