Characteristics | Primary care providers n=18 |
Specialty (%) | |
Family medicine | 78 |
Internal medicine | 17 |
Pediatrics | 6 |
Gender (% male) | 56 |
Provider type (%) | |
MD/DO | 78 |
ARNP | 17 |
PA | 6 |
Geographic location† (%) | |
Urban | 61 |
Large rural city/town | 22 |
Small rural town | 17 |
Practice type (%) | |
FQHC | 33 |
Independent practice | 28 |
Hospital/health system affiliated | 28 |
Integrated health system | 11 |
Some percentages do not add up to a total of 100% due to rounding error.
*Confirmed PCPs are those for whom the PCP or the PCP’s office representative was reached and the study team confirmed that this was the patient’s PCP.
†Geographic location was categorized using the rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) codes of PCP’s work ZIP code.
ARNP, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner; DO, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; FQHC, federally qualified health center; MD, Doctor of Medicine; PA, physician assistant.