Characteristics of Patients, Clinicians, and Visit Agendas
| Patient Characteristic (n = 101) | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 18–49 | 28 (28%) |
| 50–59 | 31 (31%) |
| 60–69 | 33 (33%) |
| ≥70 | 9 (9%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 57 (56%) |
| Female | 44 (44%) |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 32 (32%) |
| Some college | 44 (44%) |
| 4 year college degree or more | 25 (25%) |
| Race | |
| White | 56 (55%) |
| Black | 31 (31%) |
| Multi-racial/other | 14 (14%) |
| Employmenta | |
| Employed/self-employed/homemaker | 28 (28%) |
| Retired | 32 (32%) |
| Unemployed/unable to work | 40 (40%) |
| Self-reported health | |
| Poor | 9 (9%) |
| Fair | 23 (23%) |
| Good | 42 (42%) |
| Very good | 22 (22%) |
| Excellent | 5 (5%) |
| Patient diagnosisb | |
| Pain | 36 (36%) |
| Diabetes | 31 (31%) |
| HTN | 30 (30%) |
| Depression | 18 (18%) |
| Anxiety/Panic | 12 (12%) |
| Clinician-documented level of service (evaluation and management codes)a,c | |
| 2 | 1 (1%) |
| 3 | 34 (34%) |
| 4 | 56 (56%) |
| 5 | 8 (8%) |
| Clinician Characteristics (N = 27) | N (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| <40 | 18 (67%) |
| ≥40 | 9 (33%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 6 (22%) |
| Female | 21 (78%) |
| Role | |
| Teaching attending physicians/advanced registered nurse practitioners | 13 (48%) |
| Residents | 14 (52%) |
| Agenda characteristics (N = 101) | N (%) |
| Time (in minutes) to type agenda | |
| <5 | 39 (40%) |
| 5–9 | 42 (43%) |
| ≥10 | 16 (16%) |
| Number of words typed | |
| <15 | 21 (21%) |
| 15–29 | 30 (30%) |
| 30–59 | 29 (29%) |
| ≥60 | 21 (21%) |
↵a One respondent did not provide employment information. Level of service was unattainable for 2 respondents due to technical issues. Data on time to type agenda was not available for 4 patients.
↵b Most common diagnoses; could have more than 1 diagnosis per visit.
↵c Evaluation and management codes range from low complexity visit (Level 2) to high complexity (Level 5).