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Table 2 Focus Group Participant Characteristics

From: Actions and processes that patients, family members, and physicians associate with patient- and family-centered care

Patient Groups

Characteristic

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

All Regions Combined

Number of Participants

10

12

13

35

Age (years):

 Range

40–73

20–72

21–69

20–73

 Mean

54.2

46.4

47.4

49.0

Sex

7/10 (70%) female

5/12 (42%) female

8/13 (62%) female

20/35 (57%) female

Insurance type

 None/Out-of-Pocket

  

4 (31%)

4 (11%)

 Private

7 (70%)

6 (50%)

6 (46%)

19 (54%)

 Private and Medicare

1 (10%)

2 (17%)

 

3 (9%)

 Medicare

2 (20%)

 

1 (8%)

3 (9%)

 Medicaid

 

2 (17%)

1 (8%)

3 (9%)

 Tricarea

 

2 (17%)

1 (8%)

3 (9%)

Race and Ethnicity

 Caucasian

6 (60%)

8 (67%)

9 (69%)

23 (66%)

 African American

2 (20%)

3 (25%)

2 (15%)

7 (20%)

 Asian

 

1 (8%)

1 (8%)

2 (6%)

 American Indian

  

1 (8%)

1 (3%)

Hispanicb

2 (20%)

  

2 (6%)

Level of education

 High school

 

1 (8%)

1 (8%)

2 (6%)

 Trade school

 

1 (8%)

 

1 (3%)

 Some college

1 (10%)

4 (30%)

4 (31%)

9 (26%)

 Undergraduate degree

5 (50%)

3 (25%)

6 (46%)

14 (40%)

 Professional degree

4 (20%)

3 (25%)

2 (15%)

9 (26%)

Family Groups

Characteristic

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

All Regions Combined

Number of Participants

12

12

12

36

Age (years):

 Range

31–70

27–69

39–65

27–70

 Mean

50.1

50.3

51.2

50.5

Sex

5/12 (42%) female

6/12 (50%) female

5/12 (42%) female

16/36 (44%) female

Race and Ethnicity

 Caucasian

4 (33%)

7 (58%)

6 (50%)

17 (47%)

 African American

4 (33%)

2 (17%)

4 (33%)

10 (28%)

 Asian

2 (17%)

1 (8%)

1 (8%)

4 (11%)

Hispanic*

2 (17%)

2 (17%)

1 (8%)

5 (14%)

Level of education

 High school

  

1 (8%)

1 (3%)

 Trade school

  

1 (8%)

1 (3%)

 Some college

3 (25%)

5 (42%)

5 (42%)

13 (36%)

 Undergraduate degree

3 (25%)

4 (33%)

2 (17%)

9 (25%)

 Professional degree

6 (50%)

3 (25%)

3 (25%)

12 (33%)

Physician Groups

Characteristic

Region 1

Region 2c

Region 3

All Regions Combined

Number of Participants

8

8

5

21

Age (years):

 Range

38–56

37–69

45–69

37–69

 Mean

47.6

36.8

56.6

50.8

Sex

4/8 (50%) female

6/8 (75%) female

2/5 (40%) female

12/21 (57%) female

Race and Ethnicity

 Caucasian

5 (63%)

2 (25%)

3 (60%)

10 (48%)

 African American

  

2 (40%)

2 (10%)

 Asian

1 (13%)

5 (63%)

 

6 (29%)

 Unknown

2 (25%)

1 (13%)

 

3 (14%)

Hispanic

1/8 (13%)

0/7 (0%, 1 unknown)

0/5 (0%)

1/20 (5%, 1 unknown)

Years in practice:

 Range

9–27

8–39

20–27

8–39

 Mean

15.9

17.2

23.4

18.3

Number of providers in participant’s practice (including participant)

 1

2/8 (25%)

1/5 (20%)

0/5 (0%)

3/18 (17%)

 2–5

1/8 (13%)

1/5 (20%)

4/5 (80%)

6/18 (33%)

 6–9

4/8 (50%)

2/5 (40%)

0/5 (0%)

6/18 (33%)

 10 or more

1/8 (13%)

1/5 (20%)

1/5 (20%)

3/18 (17%)

Percent of time per week spent in direct patient care in an outpatient setting

 Range

40–95

20–100

50–95

20–100

 Mean

66.1

72.2

71.1

69.2

Percent of time per week spent in direct patient care in a hospital setting

 Range

0–60

0–0

0–31

0–60

 Mean

18.4

0.0

5.2

9.6

Percent of time per week spent doing administrative work

 Range

0–27

0–80

5–50

0–80

 Mean

15.5

27.8

23.7

21.2

  1. aTricare is the health care program for uniformed services members and their families
  2. bHispanic ethnicity was collected as a non-mutually exclusive category under race
  3. cFor the Seattle group, only 5 of 8 participants completed forms. Data are for all 8 when the item could be imputed (e.g. sex), or for 5 when imputation was not possible. Data for age are reported for only 4 Seattle participants because of an incomplete form