Table 1 Practice setting, demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and referral by provision of BZD

Practice setting

 Service name

.80^b

  Community Internal Medicine

150 (68.2)

70 (31.8)

220 (48.1)

  Family Medicine

159 (67.1)

78 (32.9)

237 (51.9)

 Site

.09^b

  Arizona

203 (70.5)

85 (29.5)

288 (63.0)

  Florida

106 (62.7)

63 (37.3)

169 (37.0)

 Sex of provider

.86^b

  Female

179 (67.3)

87 (32.7)

266 (58.2)

  Male

130 (68.1)

61 (31.9)

191 (41.8)

Demographic characteristics of patients

 Age, median (IQR), y

70 (61–79)

66 (59–75)

69 (61–77)

.02^c

 Sex

.046^b

  Female

170 (63.9)

96 (36.1)

266 (58.2)

  Male

139 (72.8)

52 (27.2)

191 (41.8)

Comorbidity

  Alcohol use disorder

189 (69.0)

85 (31.0)

274 (60.0)

.45^b

  Depression

120 (59.7)

81 (40.3)

201 (44.0)

< .001^b

  Anxiety

100 (43.1)

132 (56.9)

232 (50.8)

< .001^b

  Documented fall or fall risk

99 (67.8)

47 (32.2)

146 (31.9)

.95^b

  COPD

29 (67.4)

14 (32.6)

43 (9.4)

.98^b

 Psychiatry or psychology referral or mental health provider established on record

< .001^b

  No

273 (88.3)

112 (75.7)

385 (84.2)

  Yes

36 (11.7)

36 (24.3)

72 (15.8)