Table 1.
Concept | Membership Function (Anchor Points)* |
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Quality outcomes | |
Optimal diabetes care | Calibration (36,26,16) |
Preventive services up-to-date | Calibration (79,68,54) |
Picker “would recommend” problem score | Calibration (28,17,6) |
PPC-RS domains | |
Provider reporting | Calibration (100,67,33) |
Information tracking | Calibration (100,74.9,50) |
Preventive services systems | Calibration (100, 67,33) |
Chronic care systems | Calibration (96,62,28) |
Chronic care systems–diabetes items only | Calibration (100,71,42) |
Teamwork processes | Calibration (77,46,15) |
Teamwork processes–diabetes items only | Calibration (100,62,25) |
Patient-centered care processes | Calibration (100,66,32) |
Patient-centered care processes–diabetes items only | Calibration (100,64,27) |
Total diabetes score (sum of all diabetes PPC items) | Calibration (95,66,37) |
Other picker items | |
Picker “received enough info” problem score | Calibration (28,17,6) |
Picker “timely test results” problem score | Calibration (28,17,6) |
Communication problems | = minimum(enough information, timely results) |
Comorbidity | |
Clinic average body mass index | Calibration (31,29.8,28.6) |
Clinic average count drugs ordered per patient per year | Calibration (10,7.5,5.5) |
Clinic characteristics | |
Clinic size (number of patients) | Calibration (15,000,10,000,5,000) |
Percent female patients | Calibration (75,61,55) |
Percent patients with age ≥65 | Calibration (33,25,10) |
Combination of female or senior patients | = maximum(female, seniors) |
Socioeconomic factors | |
Mean percent of families below poverty | Calibration (12,7,5) |
Mean percent of patients without high school education | Calibration (19,10,6) |
Mean percent of patients with English preference | Calibration (95,90,80) |
Mean percent of patients from urban area | Calibration (95,85,50) |
Mean percent of nonwhite patients | Calibration (50,25,10) |
Low socioeconomic status | = minimum(below poverty, no high school, nonwhite) |
Anchor points are given in the following order: fully in, point of maximum ambiguity, fully out.