Table 1.

List of organizational attribute data collection tools

Region	Study or data collection tool	Developer and/or organizational affiliation/sponsor	References
International	Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe	Coordinated by the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL)	[30,31]
	International Survey of Primary Care Doctors	The Commonwealth Fund, Harris Interactive	[23–29]
	World Health Organization (WHO) Primary Care Evaluation Tool	Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization; the NIVEL	[32–41]
Canada	Primary Health Care Practice-Based Surveys	Canadian Institutes of Health Information	[20,56,57]
	Primary Care Network Survey	University of Calgary, Alberta	[42]
	Organizational Questionnaire	Institut national de santé publique du Québec	[48–53]
	Primary Care Organization Surveys	Nova Scotia Department of Health	[55]
	Comparison of Models of Primary Health Care in Ontario	University of Ottawa; Elisabeth Bruyère Research Institute	[11–13,44–46]
	The Management of Patients with Chronic Illness	University of Alberta	[43]
	Accessibility and Continuity of Primary Care in Québec	Principal investigator: Jeannie Haggerty, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montreal	[54]
	Survey of Primary Care Practices in Ontario	Collaborative project of the University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, and McMaster University	[47]
United States of America	Translating Research into Action for Diabetes	Study Coordinating Center: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	[82–86]
	Primary Care Depression Management Organizational Survey	Corresponding author: Dr. Edward P. Post, University of Michigan and Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Centre	[99]
	Prescription for Health Independent Evaluation	Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	[96,97]
	Physician Practice and Quality of Care Survey	Corresponding author: Dr. Mark Friedberg, RAND Corporation	[120]
	Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Healthcare Practice Surveys	Washington State Department of Health	[98]
	National Survey of Physician Organizations and the Management of Chronic Illness	University of California, Berkeley, support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	[87–95]
	Assessment of Chronic Illness Care	McColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Group Health Cooperative	[58–73,79,121–132]
	Improving Chronic Illness Care Evaluation Survey	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; University of California, Berkeley	[66]
	1999 Veterans Health Affairs Survey of Primary Care Practices	Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behaviour	[133–135]
	Medical Group Practice Organization Survey	Corresponding author: Dr. Kralewski, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota	[100,136–138]
	Minnesota Health Care Survey for Physicians	Corresponding author: Dr. Nancy Keating, Harvard Medical School	[139]
	Primary Care Access Study	Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine	[101]
	Primary Care Assessment Tool	Developed by Dr. Barbara Starfield	[102–107]
Europe	Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes	Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University; Newcastle Primary Care Trust	[108,140,141]
	National Survey of the Provision of Diabetes Services	Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England	[109,110]
	WHO Primary Care Quality Management Tool	Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization; the NIVEL	[74,111]
	Survey of the Provision of Diabetes Services in Galway City and County	Corresponding author: Dr. Evans, Department of Public Health, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, Republic of Ireland	[75,76]
	National Survey of Chronic Disease Management in General Practice	Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin	[77,78]
Australia	General Practice Chronic Care Team Profile	Centre of Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales	[80,81,112,113]