Table 1.

Characteristics of intervention and control practices at baseline

Characteristics	Intervention practices (n=9)	Control practices (n=61)
Family medicine specialty, n (%)	7 (78)	55 (90)
Number of providers: median (IQR)	4 (2–6)	4 (3–6)
Geographic location (%)
South	4 (44)	17 (28)
Northeast	0 (0.0)	21 (34)
Midwest	1 (11)	16 (26)
West	4 (44)	7 (11)
Number of ARIs during 4th quarter 2009, median (IQR)
Adults	312 (292–457)	367 (192–489)
Children	214 (56–259)	136 (63–222)

ARIs, acute respiratory infections.