Table 1 Practice and Provider Characteristics (N = 211)
Characteristics | Respondents N(%) |
|---|---|
Practice ownership | |
Physician or physician group | 155 (73.5%) |
Academic health center | 21 (10.1%) |
Hospital not affiliated with an academic health center | 29 (13.7%) |
Other | 6 (2.8%) |
Urbanicity | |
Urban | 185 (87.7%) |
Rural | 26 (12.3%) |
Use of EHR for conducting well-child visits | |
Yes, all electronic system | 170 (80.6%) |
Yes, part paper and part electronic | 19 (9.0%) |
No, but we plan to start using one within 12 months | 14 (6.6%) |
No, and we don’t plan to start using one within the next 12 months | 8 (3.8%) |
Percentage of well-child visits when provider makes oral health referral | |
51–100% of visits | 108 (51.2%) |
26–50% of visits | 48 (22.7%) |
25–0% of visits | 55 (26.1%) |
Percentage of well-child visits when provider screens for oral health | |
51–100% of visits | 189 (89.6%) |
26–50% of visits | 18 (8.5%) |
25–0% of visits | 4 (1.9%) |
Characteristics | Mean (SD) |
Practice Size (number of physicians) | 3.2 (2.4) |
Years since graduation from medical school | 20.4 (10.9) |
Percentage of pediatric patients <4 years of age | 47.8 (19.6) |