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Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 100)

From: Medication documentation in a primary care network serving North Carolina medicaid patients: results of a cross-sectional chart review

 

Mean (SD, range), or Percent

Age, mean (SD, range)

46 (12, 19-81)

Female sex, %

74%

# of PCP visits past 12 months, mean (SD, range)

7 (5, 0-25)

Days since last PCP visit, mean (SD, range)

95 (153, 0-1058)

Number of documented chronic conditions in PCP chart, mean (SD, range)

6 (3, 0-13)

Common diagnoses

 

  Mental illness (including substance abuse), %

70%

  Diabetes, %

35%

  Hypertension, %

50%

Medications in PCP chart (medication list, visit notes, correspondence), mean (SD, range)

10 (5, 1-26)

Medications in pharmacy claims, mean (SD, range)

10 (5, 1-27)

Total medications in chart and claims, mean (SD, range)

12 (6, 1-28)

Type of practice patient visited, %

 

  Community Health Center

24%

  Academic Practice

24%

  Private Practice

52%

Number of providers in practice patient visited, %

 

  1

13%

  2 or more

87%

Medical record type of practice patient visited, %

 

  Electronic

48%

  Paper

52%