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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Enhancing measurement of primary health care indicators using an equity lens: An ethnographic study

Characteristic

Provider (n = 39)

Patient (n = 68)

Clinic site (n)

  

   1

13

37

   2

26

31

Provider position (n)

  

   Primary care physician

8

-

   Primary care nurse

8

 

   Nurse Practitioner

2

 

   Pharmacist

1

 

   Social Worker/PHC coordinator/Case manager

4

 

Clinic staff (n)

7

 

   Medical office assistant/secretary

2

 

   Alcohol & Drug counselor

1

 

   Aboriginal support worker

1

 

   Elder

2

 

   Office manager

2

 

   Executive director

1

 

   Outreach worker

  

Age

  

   Mean (SD)

47.5 (13.0)

46 (8.7)

Gender (%)

  

   Female

62

50

   Male

38

47

   Transgender

-

3

Ethnicity (%)

  

   Caucasian

49

21

   Aboriginal

31

75

   South Asian

3

-

   Asian (e.g. Chinese, Filipino, etc.)

5

-

   Other

12

4

Highest Level of Education (%)

  

   Less than high school

-

41

   High School

7

38

   College/post-secondary

18

10

   Undergraduate

36

3

   Graduate studies or more

33

-

Employment Status (n)

  

   Full-time

12

14

   Part-time

17

1

   Other

-

2

   Not employed

-

51

Number of Years employed at health centre

  

   Mean (SD)

4.0 (4.0)

-