TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Surveyed Health Centers and Population of Health Centers
| Surveyed HCs (n=795) |
Total HCs (n=1131) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) | N | Mean (SE) | N | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||
| Total patients | 18,237.45 (688.71) | 795 | 16,581.66 (546.38) | 1131 |
| Minority patients (%) | 49.05 (1.13) | 795 | 50.19 (0.94) | 1130 |
| Uninsured patients (%) | 39.58 (0.70) | 795 | 40.91 (0.63) | 1130 |
| Medicaid patients (%) | 32.27 (0.55) | 794 | 32.16 (0.49) | 1129 |
| Managed care patients (%) | 17.09 (0.73) | 706 | 16.27 (0.61) | 994 |
| Patients w/chronic conditions (%) | 23.82 (0.35) | 795 | 23.89 (0.32) | 1130 |
| Provider characteristics | ||||
| PC team FTE per 10,000 total patients | 8.38 (0.12) | 795 | 8.56 (0.11) | 1130 |
| Enabling service provider FTE per 10,000 total patients | 7.1 (0.29) | 780 | 7.18 (0.26) | 1105 |
| Financial characteristics | ||||
| Total revenue from services (%)* | 66.26 (0.52) | 795 | 64.24 (0.48) | 1131 |
| Net revenue ($, in millions) | 5.03 (0.40) | 795 | 4.42 (0.29) | 1131 |
| Institutional characteristics [n (%)] | ||||
| Rural | 436 (54.84) | — | 590 (52.17) | — |
| Urban | 356 (44.78) | — | 537 (47.48) | — |
| Unknown | 3 (0.38) | 4 (0.35) | ||
| Established (funded ≥ 3y)* | 740 (93.08) | — | 984 (87) | — |
| New (funded <3 y) | 55 (6.92) | — | 147 (13) | — |
| Childhood immunization completion [n (%)] | ||||
| EHR | 104 (13.08) | — | 137 (12.11) | — |
| Non-EHR | 691 (86.92) | — | 994 (87.89) | — |
| Cervical cancer screening [n (%)] | ||||
| EHR | 148 (18.62) | — | 205 (18.13) | — |
| Non-EHR | 647 (81.38) | — | 926 (81.87) | — |
| Hypertension control [n (%)] | ||||
| EHR | 167 (21.01) | — | 221 (19.54) | — |
| Non-EHR | 628 (78.99) | — | 910 (80.46) | — |
| Diabetes control [n (%)] | ||||
| EHR | 190 (23.90) | — | 253 (22.37) | — |
| Non-EHR | 605 (76.10) | — | 878 (77.63) | — |
| HRSA division [n (%)] | ||||
| Northeast | 209 (26.29) | — | 301 (26.61) | — |
| North Central | 208 (26.16) | — | 291 (25.73) | — |
| Southwest | 193 (24.28) | — | 289 (25.55) | — |
| Central Southeast | 185 (23.27) | — | 250 (22.10) | — |
*
P < 0.05 based on t test for continuous measures or χ2 test for categorical measures.
EHR indicates electronic health records; FTE, full-time equivalent; HC, health center; HRSA, Health Resources and Services Administration; PC, primary care