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Solo Practitioners Remain Important Contributors to Primary Care

Deborah N. Peikes and Stacy Berg Dale
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2015, 28 (1) 7-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140316
Deborah N. Peikes
Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ.
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    Table 1. Proportion of Solo Practitioners and Small Practice Sites in Primary Care*
    All Six States (%)Connecticut (%)Idaho (%)Kansas (%)Tennessee (%)Utah (%)Washington (%)
    Practice site size defined by number of physicians
        Proportion of physicians at sites with 1 physician132014112078
        Proportion of sites with 1 or 2 physicians65706261745255
            With 1 physician46504341553440
            With 2 physicians19201920191815
    Practice site size defined by number of clinicians†
        Proportion of clinicians at sites with 1 clinician814661145
        Proportion of sites with 1 or 2 clinicians53624847603947
            With 1 clinician34422628382232
            With 2 clinicians19202219221715
    • ↵* This table includes all practice sites in the region that have at least 1 primary care physician; about 12% of these practice sites have both specialists and primary care physicians. Data are based on author analysis of data from SK&A. Practice site size is defined by the total number of physicians or clinicians who practice at the site, not just those in primary care.

    • ↵† Clinicians include physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

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    Table 2. Characteristics of Practice Sites that Provide Primary Care by Size
    Sites With 1 ClinicianSites With 2 CliniciansSites With ≥3 Clinicians
    Community characteristics
        Medically underserved area (%)222118
        Population living in rural area (%)252824
        Median annual household income ($)53,46551,65852,821
    Medicare beneficiary characteristics, 2011-2012
        Eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (%)272624
        Average HCC score1.071.071.04
        Average hospitalizations per person per year (n)0.280.300.30
        Average annual Medicare Part A and B expenditures ($)8,0488,3588,390
    Participation in delivery system innovations
        Practices with at least 1 Medicare meaningful user in 2012 (%)131826
        Practices with NCQA PCMH recognition in 2012 (%)259
    • Data are based on author analysis of data from SK&A, Medicare enrollment and claims, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Health Resources and Services Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Area Resource File.

    • HCC, hierarchical condition category; PCMH, patient-centered medical home.

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Deborah N. Peikes, Stacy Berg Dale
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2015, 28 (1) 7-10; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140316

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