STATISTICAL BRIEF #502: Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey

STATISTICAL BRIEF #502: Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey

AHRQ Stats: Patterns in Office-Based Medical Care

Among people with a usual doctor’s office to visit for medical care in 2015, a majority visited an independent physician practice (55 percent). Others visited a hospital-owned physician network (19 percent) or a nonprofit or government clinic (17 percent). (Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #502: Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015 – Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey.)

STATISTICAL BRIEF #502: Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of  Care Providers during 2015—Results from the MEPS  Medical Organizations Survey

April 2017

Marie N. Stagnitti, MPA, Asako S. Moriya, PhD, Anita Soni, PhD, MBA, Monica Wolford, MA, and Marc W. Zodet, MS

Highlights

• About a quarter of persons who visited their usual source of care (USC) practice in 2015 used a practice with only one physician. Practices of 4-10 physicians were most common.
• A slight majority of persons with a USC provider and who visited them during 2015 had a USC that was an independent practice (54.7 percent).
• A substantial majority of practices visited as USC practices in 2015 included a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant (72.1 percent).