Table 1.

Characteristics of 40 Participating Practices in the Pediatric Asthma Care PORT

Participating Practices	Study Arm	MD Providers (N)	PNP and PA Providers (N)	Asthma Patients at Baseline (N)	Patients with Persistent Asthma at Baseline (N)
Health plan 1	PLE	4	0	99	28
		2	0	441	108
		3	1	318	69
		8	0	82	32
		6	0	108	20
	PACI	6	0	171	51
		6	0	214	63
		6	0	188	67
		4	0	65	24
		6	0	133	36
	Usual care	5	0	154	48
		5	0	109	38
		5	1	139	58
		5	0	158	40
		6	1	113	29
	Total	77	3	2,492	711
Health plan 2	PLE	6	4	170	52
		6	0	106	49
		2	3	59	26
		5	0	60	25
		5	2	89	33
		3	2	80	27
	PACI	3	0	85	24
		8	0	176	61
		4	0	73	25
		8	0	159	54
		5	0	70	22
	Usual care	6	0	12	6
		2	0	71	31
		5	2	250	101
		8	0	89	37
		7	5	98	48
	Total	83	18	1,647	621
Health plan 3	PLE	2	0	46	22
		10	1	332	155
		7	0	13	9
	PACI	5	0	148	56
		5	0	47	26
		3	0	106	38
	Usual care	6	0	129	57
		5	1	133	71
		1	1	76	30
	Total	44	3	1,030	464
	Overall total	204	24	5,169	1,796

PNP, pediatric nurse practitioner; PA, physician assistant; PLE, peer leader education; PORT, Patient Outcomes Research Team.