TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the Participating and Control Practices
| Participating Practices (n = 20), n (%) |
Control Practices (n = 15), n (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice size | .22 | ||
| <500 patients | 2 (10) | 3 (20) | |
| 500–1499 patients | 8 (40) | 9 (60) | |
| >1500 patients | 10 (50) | 3 (20) | |
| Practice specialty | .87 | ||
| Pediatrics | 11 (55) | 7 (47) | |
| Family medicine | 8 (40) | 7 (47) | |
| Mixed practitioners | 1 (5) | 1 (7) | |
| Organization structure | .04 | ||
| Hospital owned | 12 (60) | 3 (20) | |
| Independently owned | 8 (40) | 12 (80) | |
| HSA | .49 | ||
| One metropolitan HSA | 8 (40) | 4 (27) | |
| All other HSAs | 12 (60) | 11 (73) | |
| FQHC or RHC | .27 | ||
| FQHC or RHC | 4 (20) | 7 (47) | |
| Neither FQHC nor RHC | 16 (80) | 8 (53) |
Mixed practitioners include pediatricians and family medicine physicians. Unadjusted analyses were done by using Fisher’s exact tests at the practice level.