Baseline provider/practice characteristics of participants
| All | Subspecialists† | OMC | OHS | P value | |
| n | 50 | 24 | 33 | 17 | – |
| Age | 50.7±11.4 | 46.3±8.9 | 50.7±11.8 | 50.8±10.9 | 0.965 |
| Male (%) | 86 | 96 | 78 | 100 | 0.080 |
| Provider subgroup (%) | |||||
| Cardiology | 52 | – | 48 | 59 | 0.030 |
| Cardiovascular imaging | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Electrophysiology | 12 | 25 | 18 | 0 | |
| Heart failure | 10 | 21 | 15 | 0 | |
| Interventional cardiology | 22 | 46 | 12 | 41 | |
| Vascular | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Years of training | 8.8±5.5 | 8.3±3.8 | 7.0±2.0 | 12.3±8.0 | <0.001 |
| Years of practice | 15.7±12.4 | 12.0±10.1 | 16.3±12.8 | 14.5±11.8 | 0.630 |
| Number of patients seen per week | 59.9±27.4 | 63.0±28.8 | 52.9±28.4 | 73.1±19.9 | 0.012 |
| Variability of care (%) | |||||
| Little or no variability | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0.186 |
| Somewhat variable | 72 | 69 | 63 | 88 | |
| Highly variable | 18 | 22 | 25 | 6 | |
| Focus on QI and lowering unnecessary costs* (%) | |||||
| Poor | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.742 |
| Fair | 16 | 13 | 19 | 12 | |
| Good | 49 | 35 | 44 | 59 | |
| Excellent | 31 | 43 | 31 | 29 | |
*One provider did not answer this question.
†Includes heart failure, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiovascular imaging and vascular.
OHC, Ochsner Health Center; OMC, Ochsner Medical Center; QI, Quality Improvement.