Table 2.

Description of Primary Care Practices Studied

Practice	Practice Sizea	Practice Type	Service Area	Initial NCQA Levelb
1	Small	Private	Urban	2
2	Small	FQHC	Suburban	1
3	Small	Private	Urban	3
4	Medium	Private	Urban	3
5	Medium	Private	Suburban	3
6	Solo/partner	Private	Suburban	1
7	Medium	FQHC	Urban	1
8	Small	FQHC	Urban	1
9	Solo/partner	FQHC	Urban	1
10	Large	Residency	Urban	3
11	Medium	Residency	Suburban	1
12	Medium	Residency	Urban	1
13	Medium	Private	Urban	3
14	Small	Private	Suburban	2
15	Small	FQHC	Urban	1
16	Small	FQHC	Urban	1
17	Medium	Systemc	Suburban	1
18	Solo/partner	Private	Suburban	3
19	Medium	Private	Suburban	2
20	Solo/partner	Private	Urban	1

FQHC = federally qualified health center; FTE = full-time equivalent; NCQA = National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Note: Includes the 20 practices used in this study. Five other practices were excluded because they had no data for this study.

^aPractice size based on the number of FTE clinicians in each practice, as follows: solo/partner = 1–2 FTE clinicians; small = 3–4 FTE clinicians; medium = 5–9 FTE clinicians; large = ≥10 FTE clinicians.

^bTo achieve NCQA level 1 recognition, practices must comply with at least 5 of 10 must-pass elements in practice standards; achieving level 2 or 3 depends on overall scoring and compliance with all 10 elements (http://www.ncqa.org/portals/0/PCMH%20brochure-web.pdf).

^cCommunity-based practice owned by a system.