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Table 1 Respondent characteristics (n = 532, sites = 96)

From: The facilitators and barriers associated with implementation of a patient-centered medical home in VHA

Covariates

Proportion

Respondent characteristics

Tenure with VA (%)

 Up to 1 year

7.5 %

 Between 1 and 5 years

29.5 %

 Between 5 and 10 years

22.9 %

 Between 10 and 20 years

26.9 %

 Over 20 years

13.2 %

Supervisory responsibilities

 None

58.3 %

 Team Leader

34.3 %

 Manager

2.8 %

 First Line Supervisor

4.3 %

 Executive/Senior Executive

0.4 %

Time spent in primary care

 <20 %

4.8 %

 20–40 %

1.7 %

 41–60 %

1.2 %

 61–80 %

4.0 %

 >80 %

88.2 %

Occupation (%)

 Primary Care Provider

31.1 %

 Nurse Care Manager (RN)

32.4 %

 Clinical Associate (LPN, medical assistant)

24.2 %

 Administrative Clerk

12.3 %

Clinic characteristics (respondent-level)

Clinic workload and capacity

 PCPs with panels over-capacity (proportion)

31.4 %

 Mean level of over-capacity for these panels

13.3 %

 Adjusted panel size (mean number of patients)

1164

 Patient intensity (mean DCG patient average)

0.60

 Annual primary care visits

36,747

Hospital-based clinic (proportion)

38.7 %

Academic-affiliation agreement

34.5 %