Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants
From: The Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) form completion: a retrospective study
Demographics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
 Female | 361 (46.22) |
 Male | 419 (53.65) |
Total: | 780 (100) |
Age (in years) – mean (SD) | 59.53 (19.54) |
Admission Unit | |
 Medicine | 489 (62.6) |
 Psychiatry | 97 (12.42) |
 Surgery | 194 (24.84) |
Emergency Department visit | |
 Yes | 655 (83.87) |
 No | 125 (16.01) |
MOST Completion | |
 Yes | 464 (59.41) |
 No | 316 (40.46) |
MOST Designationa | |
 M1 | 37 (4.74) |
 M2 | 8 (1.02) |
 M3 | 94 (12.04) |
 C0 | 34 (4.35) |
 C1 | 12 (1.54) |
 C2 | 279 (35.72) |
Total: | 464 (59.41) |
Provider Completed MOST | |
 Physician (MD) | 460 (58.9% out of n = 780 or 99.1% out of n = 464) |
 Nurse Practitioner (NP) | 2 (0.26% out of n = 780) |
 Resident physician (R) | 1 (0.13% out of n = 780) |
 Inactive physician (XMD) | 1 (0.13% out of n = 780) |