EvidenceNow Southwest Baseline Practice Characteristics
| Characteristic | Mean (SD) or % of: | Standard vs Enhanced P Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 211) | Standard (N = 129) | Enhanced (N = 82) | ||
| State | ||||
| Colorado | 74.9% | 69.8% | 82.9% | .032 |
| New Mexico | 25.1% | 30.2% | 17.1% | |
| Ownership | ||||
| Clinician | 47.9% | 32.6% | 72.0% | |
| Hospital/academic center | 15.6% | 14.7% | 17.1% | <.001 |
| Federally Qualified Health Centers | 36.5% | 52.7% | 11.0% | |
| Rural | 28.9% | 37.2% | 15.9% | .001 |
| Patient-Centered Medical Home | 44.6% | 55.8% | 26.8% | <.001 |
| Practice size, number of providers | ||||
| Solo | 21.0% | 24.2% | 16.1% | |
| 2–5 | 60.5% | 60.5% | 60.5% | .348 |
| 6–10 | 16.6% | 13.7% | 21.0% | |
| >10 | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.5% | |
| Payer mix | ||||
| % Medicaid | 27.4 (22.1) | 31.8 (20.5) | 19.9 (22.9) | <.001 |
| % Medicare | 18.7 (14.0) | 18.7 (13.2) | 18.8 (15.4) | .988 |
| % No insurance | 11.2 (13.9) | 12.3 (13.1) | 9.2 (15.0) | .142 |
| % Commercial insurance | 37.6 (25.2) | 32.5 (22.3) | 46.0 (27.7) | <.001 |
| Demographics | ||||
| Race | ||||
| % Black | 3.5 (5.6) | 2.9 (5.7) | 4.5 (5.5) | .054 |
| % Asian | 2.6 (6.3) | 2.2 (5.2) | 3.2 (7.7) | .322 |
| % Alaskan Native/American Indian | 3.6 (13.6) | 5.0 (17.1) | 1.2 (2.7) | .021 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| % Hispanic | 29.4 (25.0) | 34.7 (26.1) | 20.6 (20.5) | <.001 |
| Gender | ||||
| % Female | 54.2 (9.3) | 53.6 (10.0) | 55.1 (8.0) | .277 |
| Patient registries | ||||
| Any registry | 67.8% | 70.5% | 63.4% | .280 |
| Ischemic vascular disease | 37.9% | 42.6% | 30.5% | .076 |
| Hypertension | 54.0% | 59.7% | 45.1% | .039 |
| High cholesterol | 44.6% | 52.7% | 31.7% | .003 |
| Diabetes | 64.0% | 65.9% | 61.0% | .468 |
| Prevention services | 53.6% | 62.8% | 39.0% | .001 |
| High risk or utilization patients | 35.1% | 38.0% | 30.5% | .266 |
| Use of clinical guidelines | ||||
| Prevention | ||||
| Number of guidelines | 1.8 (1.4) | 1.9 (1.4) | 1.7 (1.3) | .276 |
| No guidelines used | 16.6% | 16.3% | 17.1% | .880 |
| Informal (agreed or posted) | 62.1% | 58.1% | 68.3% | .138 |
| Standing orders | 33.7% | 38.8% | 25.6% | .049 |
| Electronic health record prompts | 59.7% | 62.0% | 56.1% | .393 |
| Management | ||||
| Number of guidelines | 1.7 (1.4) | 1.8 (1.4) | 1.6 (1.3) | .354 |
| No guidelines used | 18.5% | 18.6% | 18.3% | .955 |
| Informal (agreed or posted) | 59.7% | 56.6% | 64.6% | .246 |
| Standing orders | 29.9% | 34.1% | 23.2% | .091 |
| Electronic health record prompts | 56.4% | 58.1% | 53.7% | .522 |
SD, standard deviation.