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. 2010 Apr 8;10:91. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-91

Table 2.

Frequencies of the observed variables according to the total population, the population in Kaiser Permanente, Northern California (KPNC), and the Danish healthcare system (DHS)

Total population KPNC DHS
N % N % N %


Total population 976 100 550 56.4 426 43.6


Sex

Male 541 55.4 279 50.7 262 61.5

Female 430 44.1 268 48.8 162 38.0

Missing 5 0.5 3 0.5 2 0.5


Working hours*

Full-time 639 65.5 276 50.2 363 85.2

Part-time 248 25.4 191 34.7 57 13.4

Missing 89 9.1 83 15.1 6 1.4


Timeliness of information transfer

Yes 544 55.7 338 61.5 206 48.4

No 411 42.1 193 35.1 218 51.2

Missing 21 2.2 19 3.5 2 0.5


Agreement on roles and responsibilities

Yes 492 50.4 307 55.8 185 43.4

No 456 46.7 219 39.8 237 55.6

Missing 28 2.9 24 4.4 4 0.9


Established coordination mechanisms

Yes 330 33.8 273 49.6 57 13.4

No 616 63.1 252 45.8 364 85.4

Missing 30 3.1 25 4.5 5 1.2


The combined score on clinical integration

0 269 27.6 132 24.0 137 32.2

1 245 25.1 87 15.8 158 37.1

2 173 17.7 87 15.8 86 20.1

3 252 25.8 215 39.1 37 8.7

Missing 37 3.8 29 5.3 8 1.9

* In KPNC full-time is at least 40 working hours per week and in DHS at least 37 working hours per week. Part-time is below 40 hours per week in KPNC and below 37 hours per week in DHS