Table 2:

Preventive manoeuvres evaluated in the study^*

Strategy	Manoeuvres	Eligible patients	Recommended frequency	Score attributed†
Influenza immunization	Administration of influenza vaccine	People at increased risk of influenza	Annual	1
Cervical cancer screening	Papanicolaou smear	Females 17–69 yr	Annual (high risk) or every 3 years	1
Breast cancer screening	Mammography and clinical breast examination	Women 50–69 yr	Annual or biannual	0.5 per manoeuvre
Colorectal cancer screening	Fecal occult blood testing or flexible sigmoidoscopy	People ≥ 50 yr	Annual or biannual	1
Visual impairment screening	Eye examination	People ≥ 65 yr	Unspecified	1
Auditory impairment screening	Hearing examination	People ≥ 65 yr	Unspecified	1

^*Patient charts were audited to check the completion of eligible preventive manoeuvres in the 24 months before the start of the study.

^†Each patient was assigned a prevention score that was calculated by dividing the number of manoeuvres performed within the previous 24 months by the number of manoeuvres for which the patient was eligible and then multiplying by 100; the score ranged from 0 (if no eligible manoeuvres were performed) to 100 (if all eligible manoeuvres were performed).