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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of research participants

From: Quality of outpatient clinical notes: a stakeholder definition derived through qualitative research

Characteristics

Clinician group

Nurse/Ancillary group

Patient group

Administrator group

Number = 163

61

52

31

19

Disciplines/fields represented

Physicians

Cert. nurse specialists

Patients

Quality assurance specialists

Nurse practitioners

Nurses

Caregivers

Special needs coordinators

Physician

Medical technologists

 

Patient advocates

Assistants

Physical therapists

 

Patient safety managers

Dentists

Social workers

 

Medical coders

Psychologists

Pharmacists

 

Group practice managers

Optometrists

Medical assistants

 

Medical records technicians

 

Case managers

 

Patient administrators

 

Dental assistants

  
 

Hospital Corpsman

  

Gender

    

Female

29 (47.5%)

39 (75.0%)

20 (64.5%)

13 (68.4%)

Male

30 (49.2%)

11 (21.2%)

11 (35.5%)

6 (31.6%)

Not reported

2 (3.5%)

2 (3.8%)

0

0

Age (in years)

    

Mean

41.6

42.1

51

41.8

Maximum

72

62

83

61

Minimum

26

21

25

26

# participants not reporting

1

3

9

0

Race/ethnicity

    

African American

2 (3.3%)

18 (34.6%)

8 (25.8%)

10 (52.6%)

Asian Pacific

7 (11.5%)

3 (5.8%)

0

0

Hispanic

3 (5.0%)

2 (3.8%)

3 (9.7%)

4 (21.1%)

Caucasian

48 (78.7%)

28 (53.8%)

20 (64.5%)

5 (26.3%)

# participants not reporting

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.9%)

0

0

Data collected between

May 2009 –December 2009

June 2009 –December 2009

July 2009 –October 2011

May 2009 –December 2009