Original Article

Patient Visits to a Midwestern Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network: A Comparison to Two National Primary Care Data Sets

Background: Regional primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have made important contributions to the primary care literature, but have not been well-described. This study compares pediatric patient characteristics within a new regional PBRN to pediatric patient characteristics from two previously published national data sets. Methods: Descriptive patient data were collected…