Table 2.

Variation in diabetes population care practice scores across sites.

Care Management Practices	Mean	Low Score	High Score	Standard Deviation
Health System Organization
Financial Incentives	0.01	0.00	0.60	0.07
Provider Feedback	0.53	0.00	1.00	0.30
Self-Management Support
Patient Action Plans	0.37	0.00	0.77	0.19
Patient Education	0.61	0.17	0.91	0.17
Delivery System Design
Defined Care Path	0.37	0.08	0.70	0.14
Risk Stratification	0.82	0.17	1.00	0.21
Outreach and Follow-Up	0.74	0.38	0.84	0.14
Inreach	0.57	0.00	1.00	0.43
Care Coordination	0.70	0.10	1.00	0.26
Cultural Competence	0.72	0.20	1.00	0.22
Team Accountability	0.63	0.00	1.00	0.34
Decision Support
Guideline Distribution and Training	0.73	0.23	1.00	0.18
Provider Alerts	0.58	0.00	1.00	0.22
Clinical Information Systems
Registry	0.71	0.64	0.81	0.06
Electronic Medical Record	0.70	0.00	1.00	0.46

Note: Average performance cannot be meaningfully compared between practices due to practice-specific scoring algorithms