Table A3.
Characteristics of Practices With and Without NPs Based on SOP and Medicaid Reimbursement (N = 252,657).
| Full SOP and 100% NP Medicaid reimbursement, n = 15,803 (6.3%) |
Full SOP only, n = 8,282 (3.3%) |
100% NP Medicaid, reimbursement only, n= 139,011 (55.0%) |
Neither full SOP nor 100% NP Medicaid reimbursement, n = 89,561 (35.5%) |
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| NP present, n = 3,069 (19.4%) |
No NP present, n= 12,734 (80.6%) |
NP present, n = 1,522 (18.4%) |
No NP present, n = 6,760 (81.6%) |
NP present, n = 19,274 (13.9%) |
No NP present, n= 119,737 (86.1%) |
NP present, n= 13,528 (15.1%) |
No NP present, n = 76,033 (84.9%) |
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| n | % | n | % | p | n | % | n | % | p | n | % | n | % | p | n | % | n | % | p | |
| Practice size | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1-3 | 1,139 | 37.1 | 9,749 | 76.6 | 623 | 40.9 | 5,447 | 80.6 | 7,985 | 41.4 | 98,027 | 81.9 | 6,443 | 47.6 | 63,195 | 83.1 | ||||
| 4-9 | 1,360 | 44.3 | 2,309 | 18.1 | 702 | 46.1 | 1,049 | 15.5 | 8,067 | 41.9 | 17,531 | 14.6 | 5,399 | 39.9 | 10,470 | 13.8 | ||||
| ≥10 | 570 | 18.6 | 676 | 5.3 | 197 | 12.9 | 264 | 3.9 | 3,222 | 16.7 | 4,179 | 3.5 | 1,686 | 12.5 | 2,368 | 3.1 | ||||
| Primary care practice | 1,575 | 51.3 | 3,679 | 28.9 | <.001 | 729 | 47.9 | 2,044 | 30.2 | <.001 | 9,091 | 47.2 | 37,493 | 31.3 | <.001 | 6,638 | 49.1 | 24,197 | 31.8 | <.001 |
| Medicare acceptance | 2,426 | 79.1 | 9,877 | 77.6 | .08 | 1,229 | 80.8 | 5,469 | 80.9 | .89 | 15,580 | 80.8 | 95,659 | 79.9 | <.01 | 10,754 | 79.5 | 60,893 | 80.1 | .11 |
| Medicaid acceptance | 2,366 | 77.1 | 8,615 | 67.7 | <.001 | 1,187 | 78.0 | 4,756 | 70.4 | <.001 | 14,186 | 73.6 | 76,533 | 63.9 | <.001 | 9,445 | 69.8 | 47,407 | 62.5 | <.001 |
| Rural location | 293 | 9.6 | 706 | 5.5 | <.001 | 126 | 8.3 | 299 | 4.4 | <.001 | 1,097 | 5.7 | 3,235 | 2.7 | <.001 | 1,118 | 8.3 | 2,533 | 3.3 | <.001 |
| High poverty | 248 | 8.1 | 947 | 7.4 | .05 | 348 | 22.9 | 1,496 | 22.1 | <.05 | 3,060 | 15.9 | 16,704 | 14.0 | <.001 | 3,285 | 24.3 | 15,128 | 19.9 | <.001 |
Note. NP = nurse practitioner; SOP = scope of practice. Primary care was established based on the presence of at least two-third primary care physicians in a practice. Primary care physicians included the following: adolescent medicine, family practice, general practitioner, geriatrician, internist, and pediatrician. Practice size was calculated as the number of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in each practice. Rural location was established using core-based statistical area (Office of Management and Budget), and high poverty was defined as at least 20% of the county population living in poverty. Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.