Table 1.
Characteristics of Practices in Supporting Colorectal Outcomes through Participatory Enhancements (SCOPE), New Jersey, 2006 – 2008
| Practice Characteristics | Total N | % | Average recruitment rate (%)* |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample | 25 | 100 | ||
| Type of practice | ||||
| Family medicine | 20 | 72.0 | 75.5 | |
| Internal medicine | 3 | 20.0 | 79.2 | |
| Family and internal medicine | 2 | 8.0 | 73.7 | 0.7641 |
| Number of physicians per practice | ||||
| 1 | 6 | 24.0 | 79.8 | |
| 2–5 | 12 | 48.0 | 74.6 | |
| ≥ 6 | 7 | 28.0 | 75.2 | 0.5275 |
| Mid-level providers | ||||
| None | 13 | 52.0 | 75.0 | |
| Nurse practitioners | 5 | 20.0 | 80.4 | |
| Physician assistants | 4 | 16.0 | 79.9 | |
| Both nurse practitioner and physician assistant | 3 | 12.0 | 67.0 | 0.3483 |
| Ownership type | ||||
| Physician | 19 | 76.0 | 75.4 | |
| Hospital health system | 3 | 12.0 | 69.0 | |
| University | 2 | 8.0 | 90.5 | |
| Other | 1 | 4.0 | 76.7 | 0.0980 |
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Insurance type of patients seen at practice Private |
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| < 50% | 7 | 28.0 | 75.1 | |
| 50–75% | 14 | 48.0 | 76.5 | |
| > 75% | 6 | 24.0 | 75.8 | 0.9549 |
| Medicare | ||||
| < 50% | 23 | 92.0 | 75.9 | |
| 50–75% | 2 | 8.0 | 77.0 | 0.8951 |
| Medicaid | ||||
| < 50% | 23 | 92.0 | 76.7 | |
| 50–75% | 2 | 8.0 | 67.0 | 0.1653 |
| None | ||||
| < 50% | 23 | 92.0 | 75.4 | |
| 50–75% | 1 | 4.0 | 87.6 | |
| > 75% | 1 | 4.0 | 76.7 | 0.4672 |
| Location | ||||
| Urban | 1 | 4.0 | 78.9 | |
| Suburban | 20 | 80.0 | 74.9 | |
| Rural | 4 | 16.0 | 81.9 | 0.3674 |
*
Average of baseline and one year follow-up recruitment rates