Table 1.

Characteristics of Practice Members and Practices

Practice Member Characteristics (N=283)
Profession
MD or DO (%)	15.6
Physician Assistant (%)	2.8
Nurse Practitioner (%)	3.5
Registered Nurse (%)	2.1
Licensed Vocational Nurse (%)	3.5
Medical Assistant (%)	31.8
Receptionist (%)	11.7
Office Manager (%)	7.8
Other (%)	21.2
Female (%)	83.8
Level of Education
High School (%)	44.3
Some College (%)	20.6
College Degree (%)	35.1
Mean (SD) Age in Years	37.5 (12.0)
Mean (SD) Years Worked at Practice	4.6 (5.9)
Practice Characteristics (N=39)
Number of providers, Mean (SD)	2.17 (1.1)
Number of nonprovider staff, Mean (SD)	8.5 (6.8)
Percent of Medicaid patients, Mean (SD)	12.3 (16.2)
Percent of Medicare patients, Mean (SD)	32.8 (21.5)
Percent of White patients, Mean (SD)	28.9 (18.7)
Practices with electronic medical record (%)	51.3
Practices holding meetings at least monthly to discuss clinical issues (%)	48.7