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Table 3 EQuIP-GP data variables

From: Effectiveness of quality incentive payments in general practice (EQuIP-GP): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of an outcomes-based funding model in Australian general practice to improve patient care

Data level

Variable

Dependent (DV) or independent variable (IV)

Source

Practice

Locality IRSD

IV

Australian Bureau of Statistics [28]

 

Practice size - 6 or more GP FTEs

IV

Practice

 

CIHI Practice surveya

IV

Practice

GP

CIHI Provider surveyb

IV

GP

Patient

EQ-5D-5 L baselinec

IV

Patient self-completion

 

EQ-5D-5 L trial completionc

DV

Patient self-completion

 

PCAT baseline (primary outcome measure)

IV

Patient self-completion [29]

 

PCAT trial completion (primary outcome measure)

DV

Patient self-completion [29]

 

Hospitalisations previous 12 months (emergency department [ED] + admission)

IV

Patient self-completion

 

Hospitalisations during the trial (ED + admission)

DV

Patient self-completion

 

Same day consultations <16 years previous 12 months

IV

Patient self-completion

 

Same day consultations <16 years during the trial

DV

Patient self-completion

 

1 week post-hospital consultations previous 12 months

IV

Patient self-completion

 

1 week post-hospital consultations during the trial

DV

Patient self-completion

 

DOB

IV

Electronic health record (EHR)

 

Sex

IV

EHR

 

Smoker

IV

EHR

 

Indigenous

IV

EHR

 

Diagnoses

IV

EHR

 

Medication list number

IV

EHR

 

Prescriptions previous 12 months

IV

EHR

 

Prescriptions ordered during the trial

DV

EHR

 

Pathology received previous 12 months

IV

EHR

 

Pathology received during the trial

DV

EHR

 

Imaging received previous 12 months

IV

EHR

 

Imaging received during the trial

DV

EHR

 

Chief diagnoses

IV

EHR

 

Time from hospital discharge to appointment

IV

EHR

 

Time from request for same day appointment (< 16 yo) to being seen

IV

EHR

 

Consultation number

IV

EHR

 

Consultation time length

IV

EHR

 

Hospitalisations previous 12 months (ED + admission)

IV

EHR

 

Hospitalisation during the trial (ED + admission)

DV

EHR

 

Mortality during the trial

DV

EHR

 

Hospitalisation previous 12 months (ED + admission)

IV

State hospital data

 

Hospitalisation during the trial and 5 years following (ED + admission)

DV

State hospital data

 

Prescriptions filled previous 12 months

IV

PBS

 

Prescriptions filled during the trial and 5 years following

DV

PBS

 

Pathology billed previous 12 months

IV

MBS

 

Pathology billed during the trial and 5 years following

DV

MBS

 

Imaging billed previous 12 months

IV

MBS

 

Imaging billed during the trial and 5 years following

DV

MBS

 

Specialist consultations previous 12 months

IV

MBS

 

Other specialist consultations during the trial and 5 years following

DV

MBS

 

Mortality during the trial and 5 years following

DV

Deaths registry

  1. aCanadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Measuring Organizational Attributes of Primary Health Care Survey. Available at: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/info_phc_organize_en.pdf [Accessed 8 January 2019]
  2. bCanadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Attributes of Primary Health Care: Provider Survey. Available at: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/info_phc_provider_en.pdf [Accessed 8 January 2019]
  3. C5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5 L). Available at: https://euroqol.org/eq-5d-instruments/eq-5d-5l-about/ [Accessed 8 January 2019]