Table 6.

Association of explanatory variables with the composite quality score (N = 3,700 individuals within 240 general practices within 9 countries)

	Estimate	[95% CI]	P value
Individual level
Age (per 5-year)	−0.53	[−1.43; 0.37]	0.2503
Gender: female	−0.99	[−2.33; 0.33]	0.1408
Practice level
FTE GP ≥ 21	2.07	[−1.96; 6.10]	0.3134
Practice location: urban2	0.45	[−3.99; 4.89]	0.8429
Practice score ‘PrevServ’3	1.92	[0.56; 3.38]	0.0058
Practice score ‘EMR’4	0.06	[−2.34; 2.46]	0.9593
Practice score ‘CCM’5	−0.88	[−2.22; 0.46]	0.2001
Practice score ‘QM’6	−0.21	[−2.11; 1.68]	0.8245

¹ FTE = Full time equivalent.

² Urban: Practice location in town > 100,000 inhabitants (> 30,000 in Slovenia).

³ PrevServ = Preventive Services (score: % of ‘yes answers’ from 13 items) (Table 3).

⁴ EMR = Electronic medical record (score: % of ‘yes answers’ from 5 items) (Table 3).

⁵ CCM = Chronic Care Management (score: % of ‘yes answers’ from 6 items) (Table 3).

⁶ QM = Quality Management (score: % of ‘yes answers’ from 3 items) (Table 3).