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Table 1 Characteristics of National Sample of VA Primary Care Providers (n = 1543)

From: Association between care coordination tasks with non-VA community care and VA PCP burnout: an analysis of a national, cross-sectional survey

Characteristic

n (%)

Provider type

 Physician (MD or DO)

1056 (68.5)

 Nurse practitioner

397 (25.8)

 Physician assistant

89 (5.8)

Gender

 Male

541 (38.2)

 Female

876 (61.8)

Age

 < 25 years old

1 (0.1)

 25–29 years old

9 (0.6)

 30–39 years old

176 (12.5)

 40–49 years old

355 (25.1)

 50–59 years old

485 (34.3)

 60 + years old

388 (27.4)

Race

 White

1001 (71.5)

 Black or African American

55 (3.9)

 American Indian or Alaskan Native

9 (0.6)

 Asian

240 (17.1)

 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

6 (0.4)

 Two or more races

89 (6.4)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic or Latino

106 (7.4)

 Not Hispanic or Latino

1335 (92.6)

Years in VA practice

 < 5 years

619 (42.0)

5 + years

855 (58.0)

Years in current PACT team

 <=2 years

100 (6.8)

 > 2 years

1369 (93.2)

Supervisory level

 None

604 (40.9)

 Team Lead (informal)

667 (41.2)

 First Line Supervisor

130 (8.8)

 Manager

76 (5.2)

Time spent in daily PACT huddles

 Do not huddle

219 (14.8)

 <=15 min

769 (52.1)

 16–30 min

353 (23.9)

 > 30 min

136 (9.2)

Received adequate education/training to function at top of scope of practice

 Disagree

121 (8.2)

 Somewhat disagree

123 (8.3)

 Neither agree nor disagree

184 (12.5)

 Somewhat agree

261 (17.7)

 Agree

764 (51.7)

 Don’t know

24 (1.6)

PACT team is fully staffed

 Yes

786 (58.7)

 No

554 (41.3)

PACT team had changes or loss in staff over the past 12 months

 Yes

986 (68.1)

 No

462 (31.9)

PACT team type

 Primary care

1207 (81.8)

 Women’s health

116 (7.9)

 Home-based primary care

78 (5.3)

 Other

74 (5.0)

Work at a VA Medical Center

 Yes

758 (53.1)

 No

669 (46.9)

 

M (SD)

Primary care provider-to-staff ratio

2.46 (0.62)

Observed-to-expected panel size ratio

0.77 (0.16)

 

n (%)

Overall burnout

 No burnout; enjoy work

197 (13.1)

 No burnout; occasional symptoms of stress

529 (35.9)

 One or more symptoms of burnout

423 (28.6)

 Constant symptoms of burnout

183 (12.4)

 Completely burned out

145 (9.8)

Frequency of burnout

 Never

101 (6.8)

 A few times a year or less

262 (17.7)

 Once a month or less

183 (12.4)

 A few times a month

246 (16.7)

 Once a week

116 (7.9)

 A few times a week

310 (21.0)

 Every day

259 (17.5)

  1. Note: Responses from providers, excluding trainees, executives, and senior executives; values are missing for some characteristics; column percentages were calculated with denominators of only non-missing values for each characteristic. Abbreviations: M mean; SD standard deviation; PACT patient-aligned care team; VA Veterans Health Administration