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. 2014 Apr 9;29(Suppl 2):563–571. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2773-5

Table 3.

Comparison of PACT Compass Measures Before, During and After PACT Collaborative

95 % Confidence Interval for Mean
PACT Compass Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Lower Bound Upper Bound Minimum Maximum df F p-value
ALL PC Pt% seen in primary care within 7 day of DD (excluding C&P) Pre-PACT 85.42 1.85 0.24 84.94 85.90 81.90 88.60 2 111.17 ***
PACT 87.69 2.03 0.20 87.29 88.09 82.70 92.00
Post_PACT 90.23 1.73 0.20 89.84 90.62 86.80 93.60
Same day Appts w/PC provider ratio Pre-PACT 43.42 5.95 0.77 41.88 44.96 32.90 54.20 2 101.40 ***
PACT 50.73 7.16 0.71 49.32 52.14 36.10 69.80
Post_PACT 59.69 6.72 0.76 58.18 61.21 46.30 70.50
Primary care group encounters Pre-PACT 293.88 268.20 34.62 224.59 363.16 4.00 966.75 2 7.10 0.001**
PACT 399.91 338.06 33.47 333.51 466.31 7.00 1269.25
Post_PACT 513.87 393.42 44.55 425.16 602.57 10.00 1414.00
Ratio of PC telephone encounters to all PC encounters Pre-PACT 3.76 0.77 0.10 3.56 3.96 2.60 6.30 2 452.52 ***
PACT 12.78 7.09 0.70 11.39 14.18 2.70 27.50
Post_PACT 27.90 2.24 0.25 27.39 28.40 21.30 32.70
Total inbound PC secure messages Pre-PACT 121.98 173.47 27.43 66.50 177.45 10.50 588.00 2 128.56 ***
PACT 698.34 831.78 82.77 534.14 862.55 1.00 3132.80
Post_PACT 4883.51 3090.49 349.93 4186.71 5580.30 62.00 12528.00
Total outbound PC secure messages Pre-PACT 124.15 178.54 28.23 67.04 181.25 7.50 616.00 2 125.49 ***
PACT 609.98 676.65 67.33 476.40 743.56 1.00 2440.80
Post_PACT 3956.43 2505.77 283.72 3391.47 4521.40 52.00 10029.00
2 day contact post discharge ratio- VHA D/C Pre-PACT 6.53 1.06 0.14 6.25 6.80 5.10 9.20 2 938.34 ***
PACT 17.56 10.39 1.03 15.52 19.60 5.30 41.20
Post_PACT 56.90 5.28 0.60 55.71 58.09 39.50 64.20
Satisfaction - primary care Avg Pre-PACT 3.78 0.06 0.02 3.72 3.84 3.66 3.81 2 5.52 0.016*
PACT 3.79 0.05 0.02 3.73 3.84 3.70 3.84
Post_PACT 3.68 0.07 0.03 3.61 3.75 3.55 3.74

*p<0.05 **p<0.01 ***p<0.001