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Table 2 Clinic descriptive information

From: A pilot study evaluating alternative approaches of academic detailing in rural family practice clinics

 

In person

Distance

Clinic

A

B

C

D

Rurality (RUCA Category)*

10.3

4

4

7.4

Isolated small rural town

Large rural city/town population 10,000-49,999

Large rural city/town population 10,000-49,999

Small rural town with flow to an urban cluster of 10,000-49,999

Community Size

414

20,840

20,870

4,154

Clinic Patient Panel Size

2648

12,647

8,000

5163

Clinicians

4

8

16

13

Outreach Dates

    

Focus group

July 1, 2009

Aug 19, 2009

Aug 18, 2009

July 7, 2009

Period 1

Nov 13, 2009

Nov 18, 2009

Nov 12, 2009

Nov 25, 2009

Jan 29, 2010

Jan 20, 2010

Jan 25, 2010

Feb 3, 2010

Period 2

May 15, 2010

May 19, 2010

May 4, 2010

June 3, 2010

June 16, 2010

June 18, 2010

June 1, 2010

July 13, 2010

  1. *Rurality as defined by the Rural–urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) developed by the University of Washington Rual Health Research Center (http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/).
  2. RUCA is a classification algorithm used by federal organizations and researchers to characterize rural and urban status of communities.