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Table 3 Perceptions of GPs on the three dimensions of institution- and individual-level medicine prescribing data reporting

From: General practitioners’ perceptions of public reporting of institution and individual medicine prescribing data

Dimension

Institution-level

Individual-level

Score range

Mean dimension score (SD)

F

p

Score range

Mean dimension score (SD)

F

p

Necessity

1–5

3.94 (1.02)

19.18

<0.001

1–5

3.81 (1.04)

12.54

<0.001

Methodological rigor

1–5

3.35 (0.77)

1–5

3.34 (0.78)

Impact

1–5

3.66 (0.62)

1–5

3.66 (0.64)

aBonferroni correction

 

Unadjusted

p

Adjusted

p

  

Unadjusted

p

Adjusted

p

1 vs. 2

<0.001

<0.001

 

1 vs. 2

<0.001

<0.001

1 vs. 3

0.011

0.004

 

1 vs. 3

0.414

0.138

2 vs. 3

0.003

0.001

 

2 vs. 3

0.002

<0.001

  1. dimension score = summed score of all items of the dimension / the number of items of the dimension; a1 represents “necessity” dimension, 2 represents “methodological rigor” dimension, 3 represents “impact” dimension
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BMC Health Services Research

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