Table I.
Practice characteristics
| Characteristic | JNC 7 (n = 32) |
Control (n = 29) |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice type | .94 | ||
| Family medicine | 75 (24) | 76 (22) | |
| Internal medicine | 25 (8) | 24 (7) | |
| Practice size | |||
| Single provider | 16 (5) | 28 (8) | .33 |
| 2–4 providers | 53 (17) | 55 (16) | |
| >5 providers | 31 (10) | 17 (5) | |
| Rural practice location | 19 (6) | 24 (7) | .61 |
| Female provider predominant | 25 (8) | 28 (8) | .82 |
| Minority provider predominant | 22 (7) | 10 (3) | .31 |
Values are shown as % (n).
*
Based on χ2 test except last entry (minority provider) based on Fisher exact test owing to small expected cell sizes.