Table 2.

Characteristics of the EvidenceNOW and DARTNet Practice Sample

Practice and patient characteristicEvidenceNOW PracticesDARTNet Practices
Practice size
 Solo22.7
 2 to 5 clinicians46.7
 6 to 10 clinicians14.0
 11 to 15 clinicians10.6
 Missing5.9
Practice ownership
 Clinician42.146.0
 Hospital/health system/HMO22.746.0
 FQHCs19.63.0
 Other11.44.9
 Missing4.20.0
Practice location
 Rural area12.8
 Large town10.8
 Suburban6.3
 Core urban59.5
 Missing10.6
Insurance status: Fraction of patients
 Uninsured9.9
 Medicaid23.0
 Medicare22.9
 Dually eligible7.1
 Commercially insured34.5
 Other insurance2.7
Race/ethnicity: Fraction of patients classified as
 White59.849.1
 Black15.66.0
 Unknown race7.80.0
 Hispanic19.16.7
 Unknown ethnicity9.30.0
Practice participated in demonstration program
 No53.7
 Yes19.7
 Missing26.6
Practice has MUA HER
 No44.5
 Yes18.4
 Missing37.1
  • Notes: Numbers in the table are percentage values for practice characteristics and mean percentage values for patient characteristics. The sample includes all practices with at least one valid ABCS outcome measure during the study period (n = 1278 for EvidenceNOW practices; n = 613 for DARTNet practices). Practice location is based on the rural-urban commuting areas using 2010 Census data. Numbers for insurance status and race/ethnicity are average percentage values. They do not sum to 100 percent because practices were not required to report estimates that did so. Dual eligible insurance status includes patients receiving both Medicaid and Medicare. Demonstration programs include State Innovation Models Initiative, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative–Support and Alignment Network, Community Health Worker training program, Blue Cross/Blue Shield patient-centered medical home program, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials’ Million Hearts State Learning Collaborative, Million Hearts: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model, and any other program identified by the practice. HMO: Health Management Organization; FQHC: Federally Qualified Health Center; EHR: electronic health records; MUA: Meaningful Use. Sources: EvidenceNOW practice survey; DARTNet practice data.