Table 1 Physician and patient characteristics (as of 31 March 2013)
NYFHTNon-NYFHT
Physicians, N59315
Provider age25–4437.3%41.0%
45–6452.9%53.9%
65+9.8%5.2%
Provider gender% female67.8%50.5%
Mean number of patients per provider (median)1010 (968)874 (775)
Urban/suburban100.0%83.8%
EMR use in years<4 years37.3%40.9%
≥4 years62.7%59.1%
Patients, N59602264730
Mean age (median)44.3 (44.0)42.6 (44.0)
Patient gender% female64.6%55.9%
Mean number of comorbidities*0.40.5
% diabetic7.5%8.6%
% hypertensive17.7%19.9%
% COPD2.4%3.5%
% history of depression12.9%14.3%
% dementia1.9%1.8%
No. of encounters past 2 years1–230.3%25.9%
3–951.2%47.6%
10+18.5%26.6%
  • * Selected comorbidities: diabetes, hypertension, COPD, depression, dementia