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) |