Table 1. Distribution of Clinic Characteristics and Provider Demographics by Study Condition and Total.
| Clinic Variable | Control (N=12) |
Intervention (N=10) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size of Clinic | |||
| Number of physicians | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 3.1 ± 2.6 | 2.1 ± 2.0 |
| Number of NPs or PAs | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 1.0 ± 1.2 | 0.8 ± 0.9 |
| Number of nurses | 3.8 ± 3.0 | 4.4 ± 3.3 | 4.1 ± 3.1 |
| Number of nurses who administer vaccines | 3.4 ± 2.4 | 3.4 ± 3.4 | 3.4 ± 2.8 |
| Number of nurses who never administer vaccines | 0.3 ± 1.2 | 1.0 ± 1.5 | 0.6 ± 1.3 |
| Number of MAs, aides, technologists | 1.1 ± 1.1 | 2.4 ± 2.3 | 1.7 ± 1.8 |
| Number of other support personnel | 3.3 ± 3.3 | 5.8 ± 4.5 | 4.4 ± 4.0 |
| Patient volume | |||
| Number of adult patients seen last year | 2841.4 ± 3811.7 | 4408.4 ± 5449.4 | 3401.1 ± 4322.6 |
| Number of children patients seen last year | 1647.0 ± 2040.9 | 825.2 ± 330.3 | 1318.3 ± 1610.2 |
| Percentage of practice revenue driven from | |||
| Medicare | 13.8 ± 14.3 | 15.7 ± 13.4 | 14.6 ± 13.4 |
| Other managed care | 14.0 ± 14.4 | 11.7 ± 14.3 | 13.0 ± 13.8 |
| Medicaid | 47.7 ± 30.6 | 30.2 ± 26.1 | 40.7 ± 29.3 |
| Other insurers | 13.4 ± 12.0 | 10.2 ± 9.6 | 12.2 ± 10.8 |
| Percentage of patients uninsured | |||
| Adult population | 14.4 ± 23.0 | 33.0 ± 32.1 | 22.4 ± 27.8 |
| Non-adult population | 16.2 ± 19.2 | 22.6 ± 22.6 | 18.8 ± 20.2 |
| Provider Variable | Control (N=62) | Intervention (N=57) | Total |
| Age (M ± SD) | 49.4 ± 13.4 | 49.0 ± 12.8 | 49.2 ± 13.1 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 3 (4.8%) | 5 (8.8%) | 8 (6.7%) |
| Female | 58 (93.6%) | 52 (91.2%) | 110 (92.4%) |
| Hispanic | |||
| No | 62 (100%) | 56 (98.3%) | 118 (99.2%) |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.7%) | 1 (0.8%) |
| Race | |||
| White | 58 (93.6%) | 55 (96.5%) | 113 (95.0%) |
| Other | 4 (6.5%) | 2 (3.5%) | 6 (5.0%) |
| Highest level of education completed | |||
| High school | 5 (8.1%) | 3 (5.3%) | 8 (6.7%) |
| RN | 8 (12.9%) | 10 (17.5%) | 18 (15.1%) |
| Technical school | 12 (19.4%) | 7 (12.3%) | 19 (16.0%) |
| Associate degree | 12 (19.4%) | 14 (24.6%) | 26 (21.9%) |
| College Degree | 7 (11.3%) | 6 (10.5%) | 13 (10.9%) |
| Professional Degree | 13 (21.0%) | 16 (28.1%) | 29 (24.4%) |
| Title | |||
| Nurse | 31 (50.8%) | 26 (45.6%) | 57 (48.3%) |
| Physician | 6 (9.8%) | 5 (8.8%) | 11 (9.3%) |
| Other | 23 (37.7%) | 26 (45.6%) | 49 (41.5%) |
| Years of practice if nurse or doctor | 23.2 ± 13.9 | 24.0 ± 12.1 | 23.6 ± 13.0 |
Note: 2 out of the 24 clinics did not fill out the questionnaire regarding the clinic characteristics.
Data presented are mean ± SD.