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Table 5 Percent of total variation attributable to health centre level and individual patient level characteristics

From: Variation in quality of preventive care for well adults in Indigenous community health centres in Australia

 

Percent of total variation in outcome measures attributable to:

Outcome measure

Health centre level

characteristics

Individual client level characteristics

Adherence to delivery of preventive services

  

Basic measurements done

  

   Weight

29%

71%

   Height

30%

70%

   BMI

47%

53%

   Waist circumference

42%

58%

   Blood pressure

22%

78%

Laboratory investigations done

  

   Urinalysis

24%

76%

   Blood glucose level

21%

79%

   Pap smear (women only)

20%

80%

   STI: PCR for gonorrhoea & chlamydia

39%

61%

   STI: Syphilis serology

43%

57%

Oral health check done

44%

56%

Brief interventions/advice done

  

   Smoking

28%

72%

   Nutrition

35%

65%

   Alcohol

30%

70%

   Physical activity

42%

58%

   Mood (emotional well-being)

34%

66%

Overall adherence

31%

69%

Follow up of abnormal findings

  

Proportion of adults with abnormal BP who had repeated BP check or documented plan to repeat BP

13%

87%

Proportion of adults with abnormal urine tests who had ACR tests or documented plan to test ACR

33%

67%

Proportion of adults with abnormal glucose tests who had repeated glucose tests or documented plan to repeat

38%

62%