Table 1.
Characteristics of rural patients (n = 93) and providers (n = 219)
|
Patients N (%) |
Providers N (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | Age, yearsc | ||
| 18–25 | 6 (6.5%) | 25–30 | 13 (6.9%) |
| 26–34 | 21 (22.2%) | 31–40 | 44 (23.3%) |
| 35–50 | 22 (23.7%) | 41–50 | 57 (30.2%) |
| 51–64 | 30 (32.3%) | 51–65 | 67 (35.5%) |
| > 65 | 14 (15.1%) | > 65 | 8 (4.2%) |
| Educational Attainment | Years Practicing Medicinec | ||
| < High School | 3 (3.2%) | Resident | 14 (7.4%) |
| High School Graduate | 48 (51.6%) | < 5 | 26 (13.8%) |
| Some College | 22 (23.7%) | 5–10 | 24 (12.7%) |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 17 (18.3%) | 11–20 | 50 (26.5%) |
| Graduate School | 3 (3.2% | 21–30 | 55 (29.1%) |
| > 30 | 20 (10.6%) | ||
| Insurance Statusa | |||
| No Insurance | 6 (3.2%) | Type of Practiced | |
| Medicare | 14 (15.2%) | Munson Healthcare owned | 104 (54.7%) |
| Medicaid | 23 (25.0%) | Independent | 86 (45.3%) |
| Commercial | 49 (53.3%) | ||
| Time Spent Travelling to Clinic | |||
| 10 min or less | 3 (3.2%) | ||
| 11–20 min | 24 (25.8%) | ||
| 21–30 min | 44 (47.3%) | ||
| More than 30 min | 22 (23.7%) | ||
| Reason for Visitb | |||
| Transition of care | 13 (14.0%) | ||
| Medication review | 21 (22.6%) | ||
| Behavioral health | 12 (12.9%) | ||
| New patient visit | 16 (17.2%) | ||
| Report new problem | 19 (20.4%) | ||
| Follow-up on health issue | 16 (17.2%) | ||
| Wellness/rehabilitation check | 3 (3.3%) | ||
aMissing information on insurance status for 1 patient
bNumber of patients exceeds the sample size as patients could list multiple reasons
cMissing information on age and years practicing medicine for 30 providers
dMissing information on type of practice for 19 providers