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Table 1 Practice and patient characteristics by adoption of patient refusal documentation status

From: Measurement of provider fidelity to immunization guidelines: a mixed-methods study on the feasibility of documenting patient refusals of the human papillomavirus vaccine

 

Overall n (%)

Adoption of Patient Refusal Documentationa

p-value

Adopters n (%)

Non-Adopters n (%)

Practice characteristics

Total Number of Practices

21 (100.0)

7 (33.3)

14 (66.7)

–

Study arm

   

0.537

 Coach-based

10 (48.0)

4 (57.0)

6 (43.0)

 

 Web-based

11 (52.0)

3 (43.0)

8 (57.0)

 

Urbanicity

   

0.717

 Town/Rural

5 (24.0)

2 (29.0)

3 (21.0)

 

 Urban City

16 (76.0)

5 (71.0)

11 (79.0)

 

Number of Providersb, Mean ± SD

8.8 ± 8.7

7.1 ± 5.0

9.6 ± 10.1

0.767

Patient population characteristicsb

Total Number of Patients

67,467

17,797

49,670

–

Patient age group

 11–12 years

22,280 (33.3)

6407 (36.2)

15,873 (32.2)

 < 0.01

 13–14 years

20,113 (30.1)

5335 (30.2)

14,778 (30.0)

 

 15–17 years

24,533 (36.7)

5945 (33.6)

18,588 (37.8)

 

 Missing

541

110

431

 

Patient genderc

 Female

24,870 (49.7)

8865 (49.9)

16,005 (49.6)

0.606

 Male

25,149 (50.3)

8908 (50.1)

16,241 (50.4)

 

 Missing

17,448

24

17,424

 

Patient Race/Ethnicityd

 White

36,689 (76.4)

8964 (81.3)

27,725 (75.0)

 < 0.01

 Black

6883 (14.3)

1372 (12.4)

5511 (14.9)

 

 Asian

1003 (2.1)

258 (2.3)

745 (2.0)

 

 Hispanic

579 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

579 (1.6)

 

 Other

2865 (6.0)

437 (4.0)

2428 (6.6)

 

 Missing

19,448

6766

12,682

 
  1. EHR Electronic Health Record, SEM Standard Error of the Mean
  2. aPractices were considered adopters if their overall proportion of patient refusals documented was ≥ 5.71%
  3. bCharacteristics are reported cross-sectionally from values at the end of the Baseline Period. Percentages are calculated among patients with available data; missing data for age group, gender and race/ethnicity was excluded
  4. cInformation regarding patient gender was only available for 18 clinics; therefore, values are reported among clinics with available patient gender information
  5. dInformation regarding patient race was only available for 16 clinics; therefore, values are reported among clinics with available patient race information
  6. Boldface indicates p < 0.0