Table 3 Off-site care and technology for patient appointments (among physicians providing any community-based primary care, N = 355)
Population/service | Full-time CBPC | Mostly CBPC | Mostly other work | Total N = 355 | Test statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 112 (31.6%) | N = 141 (39.7%) | N = 102 (28.7%) | |||
Offers any off-site visits | |||||
House calls | 80 (71.4) | 96 (68.1) | 47 (46.1) | 223 (62.8) | 17.5‡ |
Hospital visits | 79 (70.5) | 89 (63.1) | 48 (47.1) | 216 (60.9) | 12.9† |
Residential care visits | 56 (50.0) | 69 (48.9) | 24 (23.5) | 149 (42) | 20.0‡ |
Outreach services | 12 (10.7) | 25 (17.7) | 14 (13.7) | 51 (14.4) | 2.5 |
Care in schools | 4 (3.6) | 3 (2.1) | 4 (3.9) | 11 (3.1) | 0.8 |
Correctional facilities | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (2.0) | 4 (1.1) | 0.9 |
Other | 2 (1.8) | 4 (2.8) | 5 (4.9) | 11 (3.1) | 1.8 |
Technology for patient care | |||||
49 (43.8) | 47 (33.3) | 28 (27.5) | 124 (34.9) | 6.5* | |
Phone | 107 (95.5) | 134 (95.0) | 84 (82.4) | 325 (91.6) | 15.7‡ |
Text message | 28 (25.0) | 28 (19.9) | 14 (13.7) | 70 (19.7) | 4.3 |
Skype/videoconference | 28 (25.0) | 10 (7.0) | 6 (6.4) | 70 (19.7) | 0.9 |