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Table 5 Item descriptions and analyses for integration dimension: financial infrastructure (n = 928)

From: Integration in primary community care networks (PCCNs): examination of governance, clinical, marketing, financial, and information infrastructures in a national demonstration project in Taiwan

Item Descriptions

Clinic-clinic

Relationship (1)

Clinic-hospital

Relationship (2)

 
  

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Pair-t tests

  

never thinking

brain storming

acting

never thinking

brain storming

acting

 

58

Unite budget planning

44.61

14.66

40.73

48.81

12.82

38.36

(1)>(2)***

59

Unite recruiting funding

64.87

12.61

22.52

67.24

12.28

20.47

(1)>(2)***

60

Unite equipment purchasing

76.19

12.61

11.21

77.80

10.99

11.21

 

61

Unite equipment outsourcing

77.91

12.07

10.02

79.09

11.10

9.81

 

62

Unite equipment maintenance

74.35

14.12

11.53

73.49

13.25

13.25

(1)<(2)*

63

Unite medical materials and drugs purchasing

64.87

20.26

14.87

72.31

16.27

11.42

(1)>(2)***

64

Unite medical discard materials dealing

70.91

12.82

16.27

75.97

10.99

13.04

(1)>(2)***

65

Unite resources materials dealing

72.84

15.52

11.64

76.19

12.72

11.10

(1)>(2)***

66

Unite housekeeping

79.20

12.28

8.51

80.82

10.78

8.41

 

67

Unite equipment maintenance

77.91

12.39

9.70

78.88

10.88

10.24

 

68

Share places, materials, equipment

49.57

18.97

31.25

42.35

17.35

40.30

(1)<(2)***

69

Unite update equipment and reinvestment

78.13

12.18

9.70

79.31

10.78

9.91

 

70

Design financial risk and sharing mechanism

66.38

14.12

19.50

66.81

13.79

19.40

 

71

Unite recruiting fund for the certain services

56.90

17.24

25.86

59.27

16.81

23.92

 

72

Unite budgeting for the certain services

48.71

17.78

33.51

52.59

17.13

30.28

(1)>(2)***

73

Unite professionals to plan the certain project

49.35

20.91

29.74

50.43

19.29

30.28

 

74

Centralize revenue and earnings for feedback to individual members

54.74

16.81

28.45

59.91

14.98

25.11

(1)>(2)***

75

Centralize cask management

59.59

13.47

26.94

64.55

12.61

22.84

(1)>(2)***

76

Unite project assessment for investing in new services

59.91

17.13

22.95

61.31

16.92

21.77

 

77

Design resource distribution principals based on the whole goals

46.88

18.64

34.48

49.14

17.56

33.30

(1)>(2)*

  1. Note:
  2. 1. Paired t test: *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001
  3. 2. Items measured as scale 0 (never thinking), 1 (brain storming), 2 (developing), and 3 (completely acting). And for frequency counts, "acting" was counted by adding the items "developing" and "completely acting" together.