Organizational Characteristics of Participating Family Practices (N = 342)
| Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Specialty | |
| Single specialty | 246 (71.9) |
| Multispecialty—primary care only (family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics) | 48 (14.0) |
| Multispecialty—primary care and specialty care | 48 (14.0) |
| Type | |
| Private practice | 280 (81.8) |
| Nonprofit federally or state funded | 22 (6.5) |
| Nonprofit privately funded | 19 (5.6) |
| Academic | 12 (3.5) |
| Urgent care plus primary care | 9 (2.9) |
| Ownership | |
| Not owned by outside entity | 190 (55.6) |
| Hospital | 54 (15.8) |
| Health plan | 53 (15.5) |
| Other | 45 (13.2) |
| Location | |
| Not primary care shortage area | 263 (76.9) |
| Primary care shortage area | 79 (23.1) |
| Number of physicians | |
| 1 | 90 (26.4) |
| 2–9 | 218 (63.9) |
| 10–49 | 34 (10.0) |