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. 2015 Apr 14;15:27. doi: 10.1186/s12911-015-0152-8

Table 2.

Confirmatory factor analysis of Perceived performance benefits

Perceived Performance Benefits Loadings
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5
Individual performance improvements (family physician)
Improved the quality of preventive care given to my patients .86 - - - -
Improved the monitoring of my patients with chronic diseases .82 - - - -
Improved the safety of care for my patients .69 - - - -
Facilitated application of clinical care guidelines for my patients .85 - - - -
Facilitated my clinical decision making .81 - - - -
Improved the quality of prescriptions to my patients .61 - - - -
Improved the quality of my documentation and clinical notes - .70 - - -
Improved my communications with health care providers - .74 - - -
Allowed me to use clinical resources more wisely - .78 - - -
Reduced the average length of my patient consultations - .78 - - -
Allowed me to be more efficient - .79 - - -
Improved communications and interactions with my patients - .80 - - -
Reduced my time spent on medical documentation and ordering - .71 - - -
Organizational performance improvements (family practice)
Improved the efficiency of the clinic’s staff - - .60 - -
Improved teamwork and the continuity of care - - .62 - -
Decreased the clinic’s operating costs - - - .70 -
Reduced the number of “no shows” - - .72 - -
Increased the clinic’s revenues - - - .83 -
Improved the quality of services delivered to the clinic’s patients - - .82 - -
Decreased the number of patient visits to the clinic - - .76 - -
Improved collaboration with other clinical care providers - - .73 - -
Improved prescription management at the clinic - - .64 - -
Increased access to care for the community served by the clinic - - - - .89
Increased immunization rates in the community we serve - - - - .77
Composite reliability .90 .90 .87 .74 .82
Average variance extracted .61 .58 .49 .59 .69

aOn a 5-point Likert scale (1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: neutral, 4: agree, 5: strongly agree).

F1: Quality of Care provided by the physician.

F2: Efficiency of the physician.

F3: Practice’s workflow (Operational Performance).

F4: Practice’s financial position (Economic Performance).

F5: Practice’s community (Social Performance).