Table 1

Characteristics of Visited Practice Sites Other Than Care Delivery Attributes

High-Value Cohort (n=12)Average-Value Cohort (n=4)
No. (%) Independently owned4 (33)1 (25)
No. (%) Multi-specialty group practices6 (50)1 (25)
No. of physicians per practice, mean (SD)7 (5)17 (27)
No. of primary care physicians with attributed patients, mean (SD)5 (6)7 (8)
No. of attributed patients per primary care physician, mean (SD)46 (405)599 (507)
Case mix index, mean (SD)1.3 (0.5)1.1 (0.2)
Allowed cost clinical risk group-adjusted O/E spending ratio, mean (SD)0.66 (0.11)0.94 (0.01)
Mean number of quality measures applicable to each practice24 (6)33 (10)
Weighted quality composite index O/E ratio, mean (SD)1.14 (0.04)0.99 (0.00)
No. (%) by census region
 Midwest2 (17)1 (25)
 Northeast3 (25)1 (25)
 South3 (25)1 (25)
 West4 (33)1 (25)
  • O/E=Observed vs expected.