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Table 2 Selected characteristics of primary care practices based on interviewee’s psychological distress (PD) screening, MEPS 2015

From: The medical home functions of primary care practices that care for adults with psychological distress: a cross-sectional study

 

Patients with PD Diagnosis

Patients with no PD Diagnosis

Characteristic

Mean % (95% CI)†

Mean % (95% CI)a

Practice Ownership

 Physician-owned

45 (37, 54)

59 (56, 61)

 Hospital-owned

46 (38, 54)

34 (31, 36)

 Other-owned

9 (5, 15)

8 (6, 9)

 Multiple Locations

48 (39, 58)

44 (42, 47)

 Multispecialty Practice

45 (36, 55)

40 (38, 43)

Prescribers Per Practice

 1

12 (7, 19)

14 (13, 16)

 2–10

56 (47, 65)

56 (54, 58)

  > 10

32 (24, 42)

30 (27, 32)

 Uses advanced practitioners

79 (71, 86)

72 (70, 74)

 Uses EHR

92 (86, 96)

91 (89, 93)

 EHR Reminders/Guideline for providers

93 (88, 96)

89 (87, 91)

 Exchanges Secure Messages

75 (65, 83)

81 (79, 83)

 PCMH Certification

47 (37, 57)

48 (45, 51)

 Case Mananger

50 (41, 59)

52 (49, 54)

 Contact within 48-hours of discharge

75 (66, 82)

77 (74, 79)

 Preventative care reminders for patients

92 (87, 96)

89 (87, 91)

 Same day appointments

94 (89, 96)

94 (93, 94)

 Provider-level quality reports

94 (90, 97)

89 (88, 91)

  1. Data from MEPS, 2015 household component and medical organization survey files
  2. Data was weighted to adjust for complex survey design and is nationally representative
  3. aMay not sum to 100 due to rounding