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. 2012 Sep 7;28(6):770–777. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2197-z

Table 2.

Mean Difference in PPC®-PCMH™ Standards Scores between Baseline and 18-Month Follow-up within Each Study Condition (N = 28)*

Standards (points) Mean of difference SE of difference Differential change (95 % CI)‡, § P-value§
PPC 1: Access and Communication (9)
 Intervention|| 5.59 0.66 3.15 (0.99, 5.30) 0.006
 Controls|| 2.44 0.96
PPC 2: Patient Tracking and Registry Functions (21)
 Intervention|| 14.51 1.68 7.82 (2.32, 13.32) 0.007
 Controls|| 6.69 2.44
PPC 3: Care Management (20)
 Intervention|| 14.08 1.54 8.22 (3.18, 13.26) 0.002
 Controls|| 5.86 2.24
PPC 4: Patient Self-Management Support (6) ||
 Intervention|| 4.21 0.48 2.99 (1.42, 4.56) <0.001
 Controls 1.22 0.70
PPC 5: Electronic Prescribing (8)
 Intervention|| 3.83 0.64 2.52 (0.46, 4.59) 0.02
 Controls 1.31 0.92
PPC 6: Test Tracking (13)
 Intervention|| 7.47 1.21 4.20 (0.14, 8.25) 0.04
 Controls 3.28 1.76
PPC 7: Referral Tracking (4)
 Intervention|| 2.10 0.39 1.44 (0.13, 2.74) 0.03
 Controls 0.67 0.56
PPC 8: Performance Reporting and Improvement (15)
 Intervention|| 8.96 1.12 6.24 (2.48, 10.00) 0.002
 Controls 2.72 1.63
PPC 9: Advanced Electronic Communications (4)
 Intervention 0.08 0.06 −.03 (−0.24, 0.17) 0.75
 Controls 0.11 0.09

Multivariate test of study condition X time F[9, 18] = 2.79 p = 0.03.

* Intervention practices (n = 19), Control practices (n = 9).

Final PPC minus Baseline PPC; positive values reflect improvement in PPC scores.

Differential PPC®-PCMH™ standards score change from Baseline to 18-month follow-up between intervention and control practices.

§ Between-within effects using doubly Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA).

|| Significant simple slope test within study condition (p < 0.05).