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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Nov 12;81S1:S34–S40. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.08.009

Table 1.

Description of outcome measures (N=2,148)

Outcome measures Sample N Weighted % Mean (SD), range

Perceived Care Coordination 2,148 21.1 (XX), 5–25
Low 363 16.9
High 1,785 83.1

Perceived Care Coordination items
1) How often did your surgeon(s) or their staff help you with referrals to other physicians for treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy? 4.3 (1.3), 1–5
2) How often did you know who to ask when you had questions about breast cancer or your treatment? 4.4 (0.9), 1–5
3) How often were you given confusing or contradictory information about breast cancer or your treatment? (item was reverse coded) 1.7 (1.0), 1–5
4) How often did you know what the next step in your treatment would be? 4.5 (0.8), 1–5
5) How often did your physicians have the medical information they needed to make decisions about your breast cancer treatment? 4.7 (0.7), 1–5

Satisfaction with Care Coordination: 2,148 4.2 (0.9), 1–5
Overall, how satisfied were you with how your physicians worked together?
Low 278 12.5
High 1,870 87.5