Table 1.
Demographic, Professional, and Practice Characteristics of Each Group; Values are Percentages with Frequencies of Each Characteristic in Parentheses Except for Years in Practice
| Characteristic | MU-Active | MU-Inactive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider type* | Physician | 75 (90) | 93 (93) |
| Non-physician | 25 (30) | 7 (7) | |
| Years in practice* | 16 | 20 | |
| Sex | Male | 57 (68) | 63 (63) |
| Female | 43 (52) | 37 (37) | |
| Type of provider organization | Private practice | 58 (70) | 51 (51) |
| Affiliated or owned by a hospital | 21 (25) | 23 (23) | |
| Community health center | 13 (15) | 8 (8) | |
| Rural health clinic | 3 (4) | 7 (7) | |
| Other | 5 (6) | 11 (11) | |
| Number of providers including mid-levels such as nurse practitioners or physician assistants in the practice | 1–5 | 30 (36) | 41 (41) |
| 6–19 | 39 (47) | 33 (33) | |
| 20 or greater | 31 (37) | 26 (26) | |
| Attestation status (MU-Active group only) | Completed attestation | 68 (82) | |
| Started attestation | 32 (38) | ||
| Attestation status (MU-Inactive group only) | Will attest | 71 (71) | |
| Will not attest | 29 (29) | ||
| Current EHR is certified to meet MU criteria (MU-Inactive group only) | Yes | 43 (43) | |
| No | 11 (11) | ||
| Don’t know | 37 (37) | ||
| Not using an EHR | 9 (9) |
*P-value < 0.05 for between-group comparisons of the characteristic