Table 1.

Characteristics of Adult Primary Care Practices in Virginia (n = 484)

General Practice Characteristics
Practice type

  • Sole primary care

401/466 (86.1%)

  • Primary-specialty mix

65/466 (13.9%)
Organization

  • Part of a medical group

192/484 (39.7%)

  • Part of a health system

135/484 (27.9%)
Ownership

  • Hospital/health system

107/427 (25.1%)

  • Clinician owner

228/427 (53.4%)

  • Clinician partially owned

11/427 (2.6%)

  • Private sponsor corporation

76/427 (17.8%)

  • Insurance company

0/427 (0.0%)

  • University

5/427 (1.2%)
Provides direct primary care

  • Yes, for all patients

52/461 (11.3%)

  • Yes, for some patients

28/461 (6.1%)

  • No

381/461 (82.7%)
Additional characteristics

  • Has patient-centered medical home recognition

157/458 (34.3%)

  • Part of an accountable care organization

226/450 (50.2%)
Practice location by zip code*

  • Urban

85/479 (17.8%)

  • Suburban

140/479 (29.2%)

  • Rural

254/479 (53.0%)
Practice Clinicians
Mean (range) of practice clinician full=time equivalent (FTE)

  • Family medicine physicians

2.4 (0.0 to 15.0)

  • Internal medicine physicians

1.5 (0.0 to 15.0)

  • Pediatricians†

0.3 (0.0 to 5.0)

  • Nurse practitioners

2.0 (0.0 to 11.0)

  • Physician assistants

1.4 (0.0 to 20.0)
Mean (range) of total practice provider FTE per practice4.5 (0.0 to 36.0)
Average (range) of practice care team member FTE

  • Psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner

0.8 (0.0 to 2.0)

  • Psychologist

1.3 (0.5-3.0)

  • Social worker

1.0 (0.1 to 4.0)

  • Case manager or care coordinator

1.2 (0 to 4.0)
Mean (range) of total care team member FTE per practice1.7 (0.1 to 7.4)
Practice Patients
Mean percent of patients seen in practices (and Virginia State mean)c

  • White

64.4% (69.4%)

  • African American or Black

24.5% (19.9%)

  • Asian or Pacific Islander

8.3% (7.0%)

  • Native American or Alaska Native

2.8% (0.5%)

  • Hispanic or Latinx

11.1% (9.8%)
Mean number of (range) patients seen per full day of patient care per provider19.9 (10.0 to 40.0)
Percent of practices with a provider who can deliver care in a language other than English144/348 (41.4%)
Mean estimated payer mix for practices (and Virginia state average)‡

  • Commercial or private insurance

48.2% (56.0%)

  • Medicare

29.4% (18.1%)

  • Medicaid

11.9% (16.6%)

  • Uninsured

10.2% (9.3%)
Percent of practices accepting new patients with

  • Commercial or private insurance

418/437 (95.6%)

  • Medicare

295/430 (68.6%)

  • Medicaid

378/430 (87.9%)

  • Uninsured

382/426 (89.7%)

  • Values based on survey responses. Survey mailed to 1622 practices and 484 responded.

  • ↵* Based on 2010 Census classification of zip.33

  • ↵† Practice reported number of pediatricians.

  • ↵‡ (Percent) in parentheses represents Virginia state averages based on 2019 Census data.34