Table 3.

Care plans and care planning within cohort practices

Question item	High rate of written documents (n = 17), n (%)	Low rate of written documents (n = 21), n (%)	Total (n = 38), n (%)
Care plans and care planning
Written care plan confirmed by telephone interview	54 (5)	44 (3.2)	98 (4)
Have you had discussions in the past 12 months with a doctor or nurse about how best to deal with your health problem?	776 (71.9)	900 (66.2)	1676 (68.7)
In these discussions, did the doctor or nurse take notice of your views about how best to deal with your health problem?	642 (59.4)	735 (54.1)	1377 (56.5)
In these discussions, did the doctor or nurse give you information about the things you might do to deal with your health problem?	695 (64.4)	767 (56.4)	1462 (59.9)
In these discussions, did you and the doctor or nurse agree about how best to manage your health problem?	664 (61.5)	728 (53.6)	1392 (57.1)
PACIC scores (at baseline) out of 5, mean (standard deviation)
Patient activation	2.54 (1.23)	2.37 (1.12)	2.45 (1.17)
Delivery system	3.20 (0.97)	3.02 (0.95)	3.10 (1.00)
Goal setting	2.31 (1.01)	2.08 (0.91)	2.18 (0.96)
Problem solving	2.63 (1.2)	2.43 (1.2)	2.52 (1.9)
Follow-up	2.05 (1.0)	1.79 (0.89)	1.91 (0.95)
PACIC total	2.48 (0.92)	2.26 (0.82)	2.36 (0.87)

PACIC = Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care measure.