Table 1. Relationship of Participant Retention to VHA Facility Complexity, Location, Location Characteristics, Referral, and Orientation in 12 VHA MOVE! Weight Management Programs, 2010.

VHA Facility	Complexity Categorya	Local Environment	Geographic Region	MOVE! Visits per Patientb	MOVE! Retention Categoryc	Referral to MOVE!	Orientation Delivery Method
1	Low	Urban	South	1.0	Low	Provider, self	None
2	High	Rural	West	1.1	Low	Self	Individual
3	High	Urban	West	1.1	Low	Self	Group
4	High	Urban	Midwest	1.7	Low	Provider, self	Group
5	Medium	Rural	Northeast	2.0	Low	Provider	Group
6	High	Urban	Midwest	2.3	Low	Provider	None
7	High	Urban	South	3.8	Low	Provider	Group
8	High	Urban	West	5.5	High	Provider	Group
9	High	Urban	Midwest	6.1	High	Provider	Individual
10	Medium	Rural	Northeast	7.3	High	Provider, self	Individual
11	Medium	Rural	Northeast	10.3	High	Provider	Individual
12	Medium	Rural	South	10.6	High	Provider	Individual

Abbreviation: VHA, Veterans Health Administration

^a Category assigned by the Veterans Health Administration to reflect levels of patient risk, teaching or research, and patient volume.

^b Average number of visits per patient enrolled in the MOVE! group program.

^c Low-retention facilities were selected from the lowest retention facilities, as measured by mean number of visits per patient, stratifying by geographic location, local environment, and facility complexity; high-retention facilities were selected from the highest retention facilities in the same way.