Self-Reported Primary Care Provider Practice Characteristics and Summary Findings
| No. (%)* | |
|---|---|
| Use electronic medical records | |
| N | 471 |
| Yes | 436 (93) |
| No | 35 (7) |
| Frequency of having direct access to inpatient data | |
| N | 463 |
| 0% to 20% of the time | 98 (21) |
| 21% to 40% | 40 (9) |
| 41% to 60% | 55 (12) |
| 61% to 80% | 96 (21) |
| 81% to 100% | 174 (38) |
| Frequency that hospital discharge summary is available at followup | |
| N | 466 |
| 0% to 20% of the time | 63 (13.5%) |
| 21% to 40% of the time | 65 (13.9%) |
| 41% to 60% of the time | 84 (18.0%) |
| 61% to 80% of the time | 109 (23.4%) |
| 81% to 100% of the time | 145 (31.1%) |
| Frequency that hospital discharge summary contains all information needed | |
| N | 464 |
| 0% to 20% of the time | 59 (12.7%) |
| 21% to 40% of the time | 64 (13.8%) |
| 41% to 60% of the time | 89 (19.2%) |
| 61% to 80% of the time | 136 (29.3%) |
| 81% to 100% of the time | 116 (25.0%) |
| Percentage of time spent on outpatient primary care | |
| N | 471 |
| Never | 9 (2) |
| 1% to 25% of the time | 18 (4) |
| 26% to 50% of the time | 29 (6) |
| 51% to 75% of the time | 59 (13) |
| 76% to 100% of the time | 356 (76) |
| Percentage of time spent on inpatient care | |
| N | 465 |
| Never | 263 (57) |
| 1% to 25% of the time | 159 (34) |
| 26% to 50% of the time | 29 (6) |
| 51% to 75% of the time | 6 (1) |
| 76% to 100% of the time | 8 (2) |
| Time in practice (years) | |
| N | 473 |
| 0 to 5 | 2 (0) |
| 6 to 10 | 21 (4) |
| 11 to 15 | 78 (16) |
| 16 to 20 | 101 (21) |
| 21 to 25 | 74 (16) |
| 26 to 30 | 77 (16) |
| >30 | 120 (25) |
| Practice community size | |
| N | 471 |
| <5000 people | 32 (7) |
| 5 to 20,000 | 80 (17) |
| 20 to 50,000 | 73 (15) |
| 50 to 100,000 | 74 (16) |
| 100 to 500,000 | 116 (25) |
| >500,000 | 96 (20) |
| Practice setting (multiple choice) | |
| N | 474 |
| Solo practice | 79 (17) |
| Single specialty group | 130 (27) |
| Multispecialty group | 85 (18) |
| Community clinic | 31 (7) |
| Hospital-owned clinic | 89 (19) |
| Hospital inpatient | 6 (1) |
| HMO | 21 (4) |
| Academic | 41 (9) |
| Other | 57 (12) |
↵* The number of total responses is different by question due to missing data.
HMO, Health Maintenance Organization.