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. 2009 Jul 7;26(5):384–390. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmp043

TABLE 2.

Clinic level correlation of GP and patient evaluations (n = 69 clinics)

GP variables
Patient variables
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Competence (GP)
Discharge letter (GP) 0.82**
Guidance (GP) 0.66** 0.52**
Emergency situations (GP) 0.58** 0.44** 0.37**
Workforce situation (GP) 0.81** 0.61** 0.49** 0.51**
General satisfaction (GP) 0.80** 0.67** 0.56** 0.59** 0.70**
Waiting time for patients (GP) 0.61** 0.58** 0.48** 0.50** 0.48** 0.70**
Contact with centre when needing advice (GP) 0.79** 0.62** 0.67** 0.66** 0.64** 0.77** 0.63**
Clinician interaction (patient) 0.48** 0.35** 0.31** 0.17 0.49** 0.45** 0.33** 0.49**
Outcome (patient) 0.40** 0.30* 0.31** 0.23 0.41** 0.50** 0.34** 0.53** 0.78**
Information (patient) 0.32** 0.21 0.24* 0.07 0.37** 0.39** 0.29* 0.33** 0.76** 0.63**
General satisfaction (patient) 0.38** 0.29* 0.23 −0.01 0.45** 0.37** 0.27* 0.34** 0.79** 0.65** 0.71**
Waiting time (patient) 0.29* 0.17 0.20 0.31** 0.25* 0.36** 0.65** 0.37** 0.14 0.22 0.17 0.17
Contact on telephone (patient) 0.32** 0.20 0.32** 0.14 0.39** 0.37** 0.38** 0.43** 0.60** 0.51** 0.53** 0.58** 0.22

*P < 0.05 (two tailed), **P < 0.01 (two tailed).