Practice characteristic | Results |
Specialty | |
Family medicine | 17 |
Internal medicine | 3 |
Geographic location (n) | |
South | 9 |
Midwest | 5 |
West | 4 |
Northeast | 2 |
Urban/rural location* (n) | |
Urban | 18 |
Rural | 2 |
No of clinicians (range 1–36, n) | |
1 or 2 | 11 |
3 or 4 | 7 |
≥10 | 2 |
Practice type (n) | |
Physician owned | 14 |
Hospital owned | 3 |
Other (university practice, community-based primary care, non-profit) | 3 |
Duration of PPRNet membership (range 2–13 years, n) | |
2–5 years | 8 |
6–10 years | 6 |
>10 years | 6 |
Active adult patients per practice (median, IQR) | 1894 (1001–2594) |
PPRNet, Practice Partner Research Network.
↵* Defined by the practice zip code using the US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (V.2.0). http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/approx.html