• Kylee A Funk, Nitin Wahie, Nicholas Senne, and Russell J Funk.
• From University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis (KAF, NS); University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis (NW, RJF).
• J Am Board Fam Med. 2023 Feb 8; 36 (1): 889488-94.

IntroductionInterprofessional care contributes to all components of the quadruple aim. While previous research has identified many facilitators and barriers to the provision of interprofessional care, whether demographic differences might influence the extent to which providers collaborate interprofessionally remains unknown.MethodsUsing electronic health record data, we characterized the level of primary care providers' (PCPs') interprofessional collaboration based on the percent of their patients who had a visit with an interprofessional team member over a 14-month period. We then obtained demographic data, including gender, years in practice, and provider type, from the electronic health record and publicly available sources. Subsequently, we used linear regression to predict the PCPs' level of interprofessional collaboration based on demographic indicators.ResultsThe median of each PCP's patients who had a visit with an interprofessional team member during the study period was 12.6%. After controlling for the average age of the PCP's patient panel, the PCP's years in practice, and the PCP's clinic, when compared with male PCPs, approximately 2% more of patients cared for by female PCPs had a visit with an interprofessional team member.ConclusionFemale providers are more likely to share their patients with an interprofessional team.© Copyright by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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