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Table 2 Frequencies of the observed variables according to the total population, the population in Kaiser Permanente, Northern California (KPNC), and the Danish healthcare system (DHS)

From: Is the Kaiser Permanente model superior in terms of clinical integration?: a comparative study of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California and the Danish healthcare system

 

Total population

KPNC

DHS

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total population

976

100

550

56.4

426

43.6

Sex

      

Male

541

55.4

279

50.7

262

61.5

Female

430

44.1

268

48.8

162

38.0

Missing

5

0.5

3

0.5

2

0.5

Working hours*

      

Full-time

639

65.5

276

50.2

363

85.2

Part-time

248

25.4

191

34.7

57

13.4

Missing

89

9.1

83

15.1

6

1.4

Timeliness of information transfer

      

Yes

544

55.7

338

61.5

206

48.4

No

411

42.1

193

35.1

218

51.2

Missing

21

2.2

19

3.5

2

0.5

Agreement on roles and responsibilities

      

Yes

492

50.4

307

55.8

185

43.4

No

456

46.7

219

39.8

237

55.6

Missing

28

2.9

24

4.4

4

0.9

Established coordination mechanisms

      

Yes

330

33.8

273

49.6

57

13.4

No

616

63.1

252

45.8

364

85.4

Missing

30

3.1

25

4.5

5

1.2

The combined score on clinical integration

      

0

269

27.6

132

24.0

137

32.2

1

245

25.1

87

15.8

158

37.1

2

173

17.7

87

15.8

86

20.1

3

252

25.8

215

39.1

37

8.7

Missing

37

3.8

29

5.3

8

1.9

  1. * In KPNC full-time is at least 40 working hours per week and in DHS at least 37 working hours per week. Part-time is below 40 hours per week in KPNC and below 37 hours per week in DHS