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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2016 Jan;54(1):32–37. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000452

TABLE 4.

Reliabilities of the Recommended Minimum Communication, Access, and Courteous and Helpful Office Staff Reduced Domains

Domain and Item Subsets Site-level Reliability
Site-level Sample Size Associated With Reliability at 0.70
ACO PCMH Physician Group: Physician Physician Group: Practice Safety Net ACO PCMH Physician Group: Physician Physician Group: Practice Safety Net
Provider Communication (Original domain) 0.80 0.80 0.95 0.97 0.87 210 265 111 90 78
 Understand, Spend enough time 0.79 0.87 0.95 0.96 0.85 221 155 116 97 90
 Listen, Spend enough time 0.78 0.70 0.95 0.97 0.86 235 447 111 91 82
Access (Original domain) 0.77 0.88 0.95 0.96 0.84 250 141 117 102 93
 Routine care, Timely 0.94 0.87 0.97 0.98 0.91 53 156 68 61 51
 During office hours, Timely 0.91 0.89 0.97 0.98 0.82 79 126 65 55 109
Courteous and Helpful Office Staff (Original domain) 0.87 0.85 0.95 0.97 0.55 127 189 190 194 405
 Helpful office staff 0.85 0.83 0.95 0.96 0.39 141 219 168 150 791
 Courteous and respectful 0.84 0.82 0.93 0.96 0.66 152 236 193 212 254

ACO indicates Accountable Care Organization; PCMH, patient-centered medical home.