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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Oct 14;173(18):1694–1701. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9241

Table 4.

Resident Satisfaction: Percentage of Residents Who Agree/Strongly Agree That Services Are Adequate Before and After Program Implementation

Intervention
Control
Characteristic Baseline
(n = 43)
Postintervention
(n = 46)
Difa Baseline
(n = 79)
Postintervention
(n = 78)
Difa Dif in Difb P Valuec
Ancillary support

 Adequate nursing support 56 83 +27 77 79 +2 +25 .06

 Adequate case management 26 54 +29 28 21 −7 +35 .007

 Adequate overall support 53 72 +18 62 63 +1 +18 .19

Primary care delivery

 Clinic structure supports continuity of care 23 33 +9 56 33 −22 +33 .02

 Smooth patient flow during clinic 53 57 +3 61 53 −8 +12 .40

 Timely referrals to subspecialty care 2 24 +22 10 10 0 +22 .03

 Timely completion of ordered tests 42 46 +4 47 41 −6 +10 .47

 Patients easily able to contact physician 16 30 +14 24 24 0 +14 .23

General clinic experiences

 Confidence in postresidency practice of general medicine 58 65 +7 68 65 −3 +10 .43

 Interested in primary care career 16 24 +8 22 19 −2 +11 .39

 More respect for primary care physicians 72 74 +2 63 62 −2 +3 .73

 Overall rating of clinic experience 47 57 +10 39 36 −3 +13 .29

Composite scored 39 51 +13 46 42 −4 +17 .01

Abbreviation: Dif, difference.

a

Discrepancies in the Dif values result from rounding.

b

Positive values indicate an improvement in satisfaction in the intervention clinic vs the control clinics.

c

P values represent adjusted values from the regression analysis.

d

A composite summary score representing the percentage of all survey questions receiving a favorable response.