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. 2008 Jan;6(1):30–37. doi: 10.1370/afm.742

Table 2.

Characteristics of 5 Participating Health Care Organizations (HCO)

Characteristic HCO-A HCO-B HCO-C HCO-D HCO-E
Organizational type Medical group Medical group Medical Group Behavioral health network Insurer
Insurance products Fee for service None None Capitated Capitated, fee for service
Affiliated practices, No. 139 21 87 65 296
Practices owned, % 30 100 100 0 0
Total clinicians, No. 400 160 186 921 >700
Approximate patient populations, No. >500,000 served >100,000 served 320,000 served >100,000 enrolled 2.3 million enrolled
Mental health carve-out, % 25 60 70 100 0
Practices from HCO participating in the study, No. 19 10 14 8 9
Among participating practices
    Clinicians per practice, No. (range) 3.0 (2–6) 3.6 (2–7) 2.9 (1–6) 8.8 (2–11) 2.6 (1–4)
    Clinicians participating, % 77 95 69 43 83
    Practices with on-site mental health services, No. (%) 4 (21) 4 (40) 0 (0) 8 (100) 0 (0)