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. 2015 Jun 7;15:226. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0893-1

Table 3.

Structure of the final four domain patient survey as emerged from analyses

Care coordination domain Items λ R2
1 Plan of Care (PC) α = .909 My PCT (Primary Care Team) helps me plan so I can take care of my health .93 .87
My PCT follows through with the care plan it creates with me .89 .78
Someone on my PCT helps me set goals for taking care of my health .92 .85
My PCT asks for my ideas when we make a plan for my care .88 .78
2 Communication (Comm) α = .899 Someone on my PCT tells me all my test results, good and bad .97 .94
I get the results of my lab tests in a timely manner .95 .89
Someone on my PCT helps me understand what my lab tests .70 .50
3 Link to Community Resources (ComRes) α = .893 Someone on my PCT gives me information about services offered at their office or in my community .89 .80
Someone on my PCT asks me about what I need for support .87 .76
Someone on my PCT encourages me to attend programs in my community .78 .60
4 Care Transitions (CT) α = .893 After I leave the hospital, my PCT knows about new prescriptions or if there was a change .94 .89
After I leave the hospital, my PCT helps me get back on my feet .85 .73
After I leave the hospital, my PCT knows about the care I received from the hospital .66 .43

All four domains correlated pairwise with each other significantly (p < .001) and moderately (.44 to .75); the χ 2 (54) = 66.7, p = .115, CFI = .987, RMSEA = .046, 95 % CI [.001; .078], five pairs of indicators’ errors were correlated