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Table 3 Practice characteristics by study wave

From: Leveraging practice-based research networks to accelerate implementation and diffusion of chronic kidney disease guidelines in primary care practices: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Wave I

Wave II

pvaluec

(N = 1a)

(N = 58b)

Outer setting

Practice type: n (%)

   

 Academic practice

3 (10)

5 (10)

0.4

 Federally designated health center or rural clinic

9 (30)

20 (39)

 Hospital outpatient practice

5 (17)

6 (12)

 Private practice

8 (27)

19 (37)

 Other (Free Clinics, etc.)

5 (16)

2 (4)

 Missing

1

6

Practice location: n (%)

   

 Rural

11 (38)

15 (29)

0.7

 Suburban

6 (21)

14 (27)

 Urban

12 (41)

23 (44)

 Missing

2

6

Clinician owned: n (%)

   

 Yes

8 (27)

13 (25)

1.0

 No

22 (73)

40 (75)

 Missing

1

5

PBRN member

   

 Yes

31 (100)

39 (67)

0.0002

 No

0

19 (33)

Inner setting

Medical record type: n (%)

   

 EHR

28 (93)

43 (81)

0.2

 Paper

2 (7)

10 (19)

 Missing

1

5

Number of full-time clinicians: n (%)

   

 1

4 (14)

8 (16)

0.7

 2

5 (18)

7 (14)

 3-5

10 (36)

12 (24)

 ≥6

9 (32)

22 (45)

 Missing

3

9

Mid-level practitioners: n (%)

   

 Yes

19 (63)

35 (66)

0.8

 No

11 (37)

18 (34)

 Missing

1

5

Ever in QI project: n (%)

   

 Yes

25 (89)

31 (65)

0.0292

 No

3 (11)

17 (35)

 Missing

3

10

  1. aOne wave I practice did not provide any baseline information.
  2. bOne wave II practice did not provide any baseline information.
  3. c p values obtained from Fisher’s exact test.
  4. EHR electronic health record, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, QI quality improvement, PF practice facilitator, LLC local learning collaborative.