Characteristics | No. (%) |
---|---|
Physicians | |
Female | 18 (56.3) |
Male | 14 (43.8) |
Preceptor | 26 (83.9) |
Type of practice | |
Health system | 6 (18.8) |
Teaching group | 6 (18.8) |
Community health center | 5 (15.6) |
Indian health service | 4 (12.5) |
Health system/rural health center | 4 (12.5) |
Private group | 4 (12.5) |
Solo practice | 1 (3.1) |
Academic medical center | 1 (3.1) |
Non-clinical public health | 1 (3.1) |
Current primary practice locationa | |
Rural | 14 (43.8) |
Semirural | 2 (6.0) |
Urban | 16 (50.0) |
State of current practice | |
North Carolina | 25 (78.1) |
Non-NC (CA, Washington DC, KS, MI, OH, VA, WI) | 7 (11.9) |
CA = California; DC = District of Columbia; KS = Kansas; MI = Michigan; NC = North Carolina; OH = Ohio; VA = Virginia; WI = Wisconsin.
↵a Rural status is based on zip code of practice as provided by each focus group participant. Rural designation was defined by Federal Office of Rural Health Policy requirements and semi-rural designation was based on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Rural Health Clinics definition.