Table 1

Baseline characteristics of PCPs

InterviewedSurveyedAnalyzed
Number of PCPs12252149
Age (mean±SD)44±547±947±9
Male (%)41.7046.0050.3
Internal medicine (vs family practice) (%)755050
MD (vs physician assistant/nurse practitioner) (%)91.796.497.3
Number of diabetes patients per PCP (mean±SD)130±9196±68131±71
Total number of patients with diabetes for all PCPs combined156221 91919 527
Age of patients (mean±SD)64±264±462±4
HbA1c of patients (mean±SD)7.2±0.17.3±0.57.2±0.3
  • HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; MD, medical doctor; PCP, primary care providers.