Urban practices, %* | 73.3 |
No. of physicians per practice |
• Proportion of practices with 1 | 70.0 |
• Proportion of practices with 2–4 | 20.0 |
• Proportion of practices with 5 or more | 10.0 |
Physician sex |
• Practices with all male physicians, % | 63.3 |
• Practices with all female physicians, % | 20.0 |
• Practices with both male and female physicians, % | 16.7 |
No. of years since graduation per physician, mean (SD)† | 24.2 (7.4) |
No. of appointment h/wk per physician, mean (SD)† | 30.1 (8.1) |
No. of patients booked per half-day per physician, mean (SD)† | 19.1 (6.0) |
No. of full-time equivalent nurses per practice |
• Proportion of practices with 0 | 24.1 |
• Proportion of practices with 1 | 51.7 |
• Proportion of practices with 2 or more | 24.1 |
Practices using computers, % |
• For scheduling appointments | 76.0 |
• For searching Internet for information | 83.0 |
• Electronic medical records | 63.0 |
Practices using patient reminder system for prevention, % |
• Personalized and hand-written | 10.3 |
• Personalized and typed | 20.0 |
• Nonpersonalized (eg, flyers) | 3.4 |
• Form letters | 27.6 |
• Telephone calls | 58.6 |
Practices using reminder systems for prevention, % |
• Computer prompt at time of visit | 50.0 |
• Stickers to flag patients at risk | 30.0 |
• Stickers to flag specific chronic diseases | 23.3 |
• Stickers to flag medications | 23.3 |
Practices with personnel dedicated to the following prevention activities, % |
• Ordering patient education materials | 70.0 |
• Coordination of prevention activities (eg, bulletin boards, newsletters) | 50.0 |
• Patient reminder systems | 50.0 |
• Teaching goal setting | 23.3 |
• Patient care plans | 23.3 |