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Table 1 Characteristics of family health teams and interview formats

From: Beyond quality improvement: exploring why primary care teams engage in a voluntary audit and feedback program

FHT characteristics

 

Total

Recruited

Not Interviewed

Interviewed

Sample Size

118

45

101

171

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Roster Size

20,788 (32,419.3)

19,417 (17,383.3)

20,994 (34,644.8)

19,622 (15,126.5)

SAMI

0.99 (0.1)

0.99 (0.1)

0.99 (0.1)

1.00 (0.1)

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Setting

    

 Rural

47 (56)

42 (19)

50 (51)

29 (5)

 Urban

53 (62)

58 (26)

50 (50)

71 (12)

Hosp. Discharge Data

61 (72)

69 (31)

59 (60)

71 (12)

Teaching Status

    

 Academic

17 (20)

9 (4)

18 (18)

12 (2)

 Non-Teaching

26 (31)

33 (15)

24 (24)

41 (7)

 Teaching

57 (67)

58 (26)

58 (59)

47 (8)

Interview Formats

 

1-on-1% (n)

2-on-1% (n)

3-on-1% (n)

Total

% (n)

By Practice

66.7 (12)

27.8 (5)

5.6 (1)

100 (18)

Participant Type

    

 ED2

71.4 (10)

21.4 (3)

7.1 (1)

100 (14)

 MD3

0.0 (0)

66.7 (2)

33.3 (1)

100 (3)

 QIDSS4

25.0 (1)

50.0 (2)

25.0 (1)

100 (4)

 IHP5

0.0 (0)

100 (1)

0.0 (0)

100 (1)

 Other

33.3 (1)

66.7 (2)

0.0 (0)

100 (3)

 Total

48.0 (12)

40.0 (10)

12.0 (3)

100 (25)

  1. Notes: One interview was held with a QIDSS alone. Given that these staff work with multiple FHTs (in this case 4), these practices were excluded from this summary
  2. ED = Executive Director
  3. MD = Physician Leader at the Family Health Team
  4. QIDSS = Quality Improvement Decision Support Specialist
  5. IHP = Interdisciplinary Health Professional (Nurse, Dietician, Social Worker, etc.)
  6. SAMI = Standardized Adjusted Clinical Group Morbidity Index