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. 2014 Dec 22;9(12):e115088. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115088

Table 2. Average continuity of care scores (N = 1,219).

Patient-Reported Continuity of Care (Potential Range of Scores) Mean Standard Deviation
Care Site (0–5) 4.8 0.8
Provider Duration (0–16) 9.6 4.9
Instrumental (4–19) 14.8 3.0
Affective (4–19) 15.8 2.8
Patient-Reported CoC (8–59) 45.0 8.5
Claims-Based Continuity of Care (Potential Range of Scores: 0-1)
Current Provider of Care 0.41 0.32
Current Provider of Care (discounted) 0.46 0.32
Usual Provider of Care 0.50 0.29
Herfindahl Index 0.41 0.29
Inverse Number of Providers 0.33 0.29
Modified, Modified Continuity Index 0.59 0.30
Ejlertsson's Index K 0.52 0.32
Bice-Boxerman CoC 0.27 0.26
Modified Continuity Index 0.46 0.27
Sequential Continuity 0.28 0.29
Known Provider 0.62 0.49
High Site Continuity 0.89 0.31
Wolinsky Continuity 0.45 0.50