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Table 2 Participant (patient and provider) characteristics
| Patients | N = 2 (%) |
| Mean age, y (SD) | 68.5 (23) |
| Male | 2 (100) |
| Mean # of times admitted | 1.5 |
| Reason for admission | |
| Traumatic fracture | 1 (50) |
| Elective arthroplasty | 1 (50) |
| Surgery performed | 2 (100) |
| Providers | N = 15 (%) |
| Mean age, y (SD) | 40.5 (6) |
| Male | 7 (47) |
| Profession | |
| Pharmacist | 1 (6.7) |
| Hospitalist | 1 (6.7) |
| Physiotherapist | 1 (6.7) |
| Geriatrician | 2 (13.4) |
| Social worker | 1 (6.7) |
| Nursing unit administrator | 1 (6.7) |
| Orthopaedic surgeon | 1 (6.7) |
| Occupational therapist | 1 (6.7) |
| Family physician | 3 (20) |
| Geriatric psychiatrist | 1 (6.7) |
| Nurse | 1 (6.7) |
| Health services researcher | 1 (6.7) |
| Work setting | |
| Hospital | 12 (80) |
| Primary care office affiliated with a hospital | 3 (20) |
