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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participating primary care practices (N=9), September 2016- April 2017

From: An observational study of workflows to support fecal testing for colorectal cancer screening in primary care practices serving Medicaid enrollees

 

Primary care practice

Higher Performing

Lower Performing

1 a

2 b

3 b

4 b

5 b

6

7

8 a

9 b

General Characteristics

CRC Screening Observed (%)

42.9

38.1

37.0

35.3

32.9

15.4

11.5

5.0

4.8

Organizational Features

Setting

Urban

Rural

Urban

Urban

Urban

Rural

Rural

Urban

Urban

Ownership

Private, non-profit

FQHC

FQHC

FQHC

FQHC

Rural Health Clinic

Private, non-profit

Private, non-profit

Private, non-profit

Affiliation

Hospital

Public Health

System

System

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

EHR System

Epic 2015

OCHIN Epic 2014

Epic 2015

Epic 2015

OCHIN Epic 2014

OCHIN Epic 2014

Epic 2015

Epic 2015

Epic 2014

Medical clinicians c

12

5

8

11

34

22

6

7

12

Clinician FTE

9.1

4.3

*

6.45

20.02

15.0

6.0

6.3

8.35

Patient Insurance Coverage

Medicaid (%)

26

49

*

52

52

40

26

26

20

Medicare (%)

42

12

*

9

30

12

33

42

N/A

Private (%)

30

19

*

9

15

43

35

30

N/A

Self-pay (%)

19

N/A

*

26

2

5

5

1

2

Other (%)

<1

20**

*

3

1

0

1

<1

N/A

  1. aPractices are part of the same health system and reported patient insurance coverage jointly
  2. bThese clinics had both visit-based and population outreach strategies to support CRC screening
  3. cIncludes physician (MD, DO), nurse practitioners (NP), and physician assistants (PAs)
  4. *Unable to provide patient coverage due to internal privacy regulations
  5. **Uninsured / No insurance
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