Table 2.

Rural Health Clinic Knowledge About Accountable Care Organizations and their Willingness to Join an Accountable Care Organization

Variables	n	%
To What Extent Are You Knowledgeable About ACOs?
Very knowledgeable or knowledgeable	28	15.73%
Somewhat knowledgeable	70	39.33%
I know very little about ACOs	77	43.26%
Missing	3	1.69%
To What Extent Is Your Clinic Participating in an ACO?
Currently in an ACO	7	3.93%
Implementing changes to participate in an ACO within in the next year	16	8.99%
Not eligible to participate in an ACO	8	4.49%
Eligible but not interested in participating for another 1 – 2 years	15	8.43%
Not yet sufficiently knowledgeable about the ACO model and its requirements	99	55.62%
No ACOs in my area to my knowledge	24	13.48%
No ACOs in my area wish to partner with RHCs at this time to my knowledge	3	1.69%
Missing	6	3.37%
Willingness to Have Your RHC Join an ACO (0: not willing; 12: completely willing), mean (SD)	5.79	3.66

ACO, accountable care organization; RHC, rural health clinic.