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Table 2 Demographic and clinical practice characteristics of focus group participants (n = 29)

From: A qualitative study of physician perspectives of cost-related communication and patients’ financial burden with managing chronic disease

Variable

Percent (n = 29)

Age (Mean (SD))

28.55 (2.01)

Male

62 %

Race/ethnicity

 

 White

55 %

 Black

4 %

 Asian

31 %

 Other

10 %

Year in post-graduate training

 

 PGY 2

76 %

 PGY 3

24 %

Medical Specialty

 

 Internal medicine

93 %

 Family medicine

7 %

Time spent per week providing direct patient care

 

  ≤30 h

4 %

 31–39 h

10 %

 40 or more hours

86 %

Percentage of patients seen with chronic conditions

 

 50–79 %

34 %

  ≥80 %

66 %