Table 3.

Practice Characteristics

Standard PFPF with eLearningTotal
n = 24n = 27n = 51
Practice Characteristicsn (%) or Mean (SD)n (%) or Mean (SD)n (%) or Mean (SD)P-value
Specialty0.5507
 Family medicine16 (67%)15 (56%)31 (61%)
 Internal medicine4 (17%)8 (30%)12 (24%)
 Other*4 (17%)4 (15%)8 (16%)
Number primary care clinicians4.8 (2.6)6.8 (9.1)5.8 (6.7)0.3215
Number psychiatrists0.09 (0.42)0.09 (0.43)0.09 (0.42)0.5902
Number pharmacists0 (0)0.07 (0.23)0.04 (0.17)0.2001
Number nursing staff5.0 (3.7)5.9 (5.4)5.5 (4.6)0.5140
Number behavioral health1.6 (1.8)1.3 (1.8)1.5 (1.8)0.6281
Practice ownership0.9243
 Clinician owned12 (50%)12 (44%)24 (47%)
 Safety net or similar4 (17%)5 (19%)9 (18%)
 Hospital/system owned8 (33%)10 (37%)18 (35%)
 Number of patient visits per week225.4 (156.9)171.3 (162.2)197.8 (160.3)0.2420
Payor mix*
 % Private46.8 (27.2)41.9 (25.1)44.1 (16.0)0.5109
 % No insurance/self-pay5.0 (5.4)5.2 (7.2)5.1 (6.3)0.9123
 % Medicare20.0 (15.3)21.6 (15.2)20.8 (13.8)0.6977
 % Medicaid20.0 (15.3)23.9 (22.2)22.1 (19.2)0.4800
Patient race*
 % White69.9 (14.7)71.0 (29.2)70.4 (23.0)0.8783
 % Black8.0 (9.2)4.7 (5.4)6.2 (7.6)0.1375
 % Other race22.1 (16.3)27.7 (16.2)25.1 (22.7)0.4005
Patient ethnicity (% Hispanic), n = 4424.8 (17.4)19.0 (22.3)21.9 (20.0)0.3447
Patient gender (% male), n = 4546.6 (7.7)45.0 (6.8)45.8 (7.2)0.4744
  • P-values for categorical variables obtained from χ2 tests for differences between study arms; P-values for continuous variables obtained from t test for differences between study arms.

  • *Separate question for each category with a continuous response.

  • Abbreviations: PF, Practice facilitator; SD, Standard deviation.