Table 1.
Primary Care Practice Characteristics
| Characteristic | Practices in Smoking Analysis (N = 59) | Practices in BP Analysis (N = 73) |
|---|---|---|
| Practice characteristics | ||
| Ownership, No. (%) | ||
| Clinicians | 36 (61.0) | 43 (58.9) |
| Hospital/health system | 13 (22.0) | 16 (21.9) |
| FQHC | 7 (11.9) | 9 (12.3) |
| RHC/IHS | 3 (5.1) | 5 (6.8) |
| Practice size, No. (%) | ||
| Solo practice | 19 (32.2) | 21 (28.8) |
| 2-5 clinicians | 31 (52.5) | 41 (56.2) |
| 6-10 clinicians | 6 (10.2) | 8 (11.0) |
| ≥11 clinicians | 2 (3.4) | 2 (2.7) |
| Missing | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.4) |
| Geographic region/Cooperative, No. (%) | ||
| Midwest (IN, IL, WI) | 12 (20.3) | 15 (20.5) |
| North Carolina | 8 (13.6) | 9 (12.3) |
| Northwest (OR, WA, ID) | 4 (6.8) | 7 (9.6) |
| New York City (5 NY boroughs) | 15 (25.4) | 14 (19.2) |
| Oklahoma | 7 (11.9) | 9 (12.3) |
| Southwest (CO, NM) | 9 (15.3) | 11 (15.1) |
| Virginia | 4 (6.8) | 8 (11.0) |
| Location, No. (%) | ||
| Rural area | 4 (6.8) | 8 (11.0) |
| Large town | 10 (16.9) | 12 (16.4) |
| Suburban | 4 (6.8) | 6 (8.2) |
| Urban core | 41 (69.5) | 47 (64.4) |
| Patient characteristics | ||
| White, mean (SD), % | 61.4 (33.7) | 60.9 (33.4) |
| Medicaid coverage, mean (SD), % | 20.5 (17.1) | 19.6 (17.2) |
| Performance on CQM metric at baseline, No. (%) | ||
| <50% | 26 (44.1) | 20 (27.4) |
| 50%-60% | 2 (3.4) | 16 (21.9) |
| 60%-70% | 6 (10.2) | 19 (26.0) |
| 70%-80% | 14 (23.7) | 15 (20.5) |
| 80%-90% | 11 (18.6) | 3 (4.1) |
BP = blood pressure; CO = Colorado; CQM = clinical quality measure; FQHC = Federally Qualified Health Center; ID = Idaho; IHS = Indian Health Service; IL = Illinois; IN = Indiana, NM = New Mexico; NY = New York; OR = Oregon; RHC = rural health clinic; WA = Washington; WI = Wisconsin.
Note: Practices with >90% performance on the smoking CQM (11 practices) or BP CQM (1 practice) at baseline were excluded from analyses because they could not logically achieve a ≥10-point gain.