Practices and clinicians |
Number of practices | 9 | 9 | |
Number of clinicians per practice, median (range) | 4 (2–7) | 3 (2–6) | .28b |
Number of clinicians | 40 | 32 | |
Sex (male), % | 63 | 76 | .31 |
Type of clinician, % | | | .30 |
Family medicine physicians | 60 | 76 | |
Internal medicine physicians | 20 | 18 | |
Nurse-practitioners | 15 | 6 | |
Physician’s assistants | 5 | 0 | |
Years since licensure, % | | | .48 |
1–5 | 15 | 12 | |
6–10 | 18 | 18 | |
11–20 | 38 | 21 | |
21–30 | 25 | 42 | |
>30 | 5 | 6 | |
Race, % | | | .59 |
White | 88 | 79 | |
African American | 0 | 3 | |
Asian | 3 | 6 | |
Unknown | 10 | 12 | |
Patients |
Number of patients | 1,228 | 917 | |
Age, mean (range), years | 53.0 (19–95) | 50.6 (19–95) | .001c |
Sex (female), % | 60.3 | 60.0 | .86 |
Visit for general checkup, % | 57.5 | 53.3 | .06 |
Current smoker, % | 16.7 | 19.6 | .09 |
Received cessation counseling (5A’s), % |
Asked if smoking (A1) | 30.9 | 27.2 | .07 |
Counseled to quit (A2–5)d | 52.2 | 55.9 | .47 |
Given simple advice (A2)d | 50.7 | 53.1 | .68 |
Had more intensive discussion (A3–5)d | 27.8 | 33.5 | .27 |