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Table 1 Characteristics of Surveyed Urgent Care Facilities

From: The role of urgent care centers in headache management: a quality improvement project

Question

 

N

Number of different urgent care locations

 

N = 61

(meana,sd)

(6.1,7.4)

range

{1, 2}

Specific area of the urgent care location providedb

 

N = 10

Urban

50% (5)

Suburban

40% (4)

Rural

10% (1)

Number of visits/year

 

N = 416,216

(mean,sd)

(41,621.6,92,464.8)

range

{50, 300,000}

Affiliation

 Free Standing

Free standing

41% (25)

 Part of Medical Institution

Part of medical institution

56% (34)

 Both

Both

3% (2)

Staffing

 Number of Physicians per urgent care site

 

N = 12.8

 

(mean,sd)

(12.8,14.2)

range

{0, 40}

 Number of Nurse Practitioners/urgent care sitec

 

N = 3.1

 

(mean,sd)

(3.1, 2.5)

range

{0, 7}

Number of Physician Assistants/urgent care site

 

N = 1.8

 

(mean,sd)

(1.8, 2.0)

range

{0, 6}

Number of Nurses/urgent care site

 

N = 3.1

 

(mean,sd)

(3.1, 5.5)

range

{0, 17}

Number of Medical Assistants/urgent care site

 

N = 5.7

 

(mean,sd)

(5.7, 8.8)

range

{0, 30}

  1. aThis is the average number of locations provided per respondent
  2. bRespondents provided more than one UC location in the area where their US is located but only provided the specific area for the UC they provided an address for
  3. c5 out of 10 respondents answered that there were no nurse practitioners at the site listed