| Characteristic* | Missouri Practice | California Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Practice type | Private family medicine practice; patient-centered medical home | Family medicine residency; federally qualified community health center |
| Location | Rural | Suburban |
| Clinicians (n)† | ||
| Full time | 7 | 4 |
| Part time | 0 | 30 |
| Patient population (approximate n) | 4,700 | 10,000 |
| Patient sociodemographics (%) | ||
| Medicaid | 35 | 75 |
| Black | 1 | 5 |
| White | 95 | 10 |
| Hispanic | 2 | 79 |
| Age >65 years | 30 | 12 |
| Non-English-speaking | 1 | 50 |
| Limited health literacy‡ | 32 | 56 |
↵* Data on practice characteristics were provided by the individual practices.
↵† Clinicians include physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants.
↵‡ Percentage of patents with limited health literacy was based on the Health Literacy Prevalence Calculator, which uses practice demographics to estimate the prevalence of limited health literacy among a patient population (http://surroundhealth.net/Topics/Education-and-Learning-approaches/Health-literacy/Articles/Health-literacy-A-foundation-to-effective-patient/Health-Literacy-Prevalence-Calculator.aspx).