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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Ambul Care Manage. 2017 Jul-Sep;40(3):228–237. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000162

Table 2.

Quality Analyses, Average Rate per Period and D-I-D Estimate

Preperiod Postperiod D-I-D Estimate (SE)a


Pilot Comparison Pilot Comparison
Cervical cancer screeningb 0.32 0.33 0.35 0.34 0.0032 (0.0469)
Breast cancer screening 0.82 0.80 0.80 0.78 0.001 (0.013)
Colon cancer screeningb 0.38 0.40 0.34 0.35 0.0069 (0.0147)
Dilated eye examinations for patients with diabetes 0.91 0.90 0.91 0.92 − 0.0192 (0.012)
HbA1c testing for patients with diabetes 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.75 − 0.0054 (0.016)
Lipid control in patient with diabetes 0.61 0.57 0.59 0.54 − 0.0006 (0.0159)
Nephropathy screening/treatment for patients with diabetes 0.60 0.57 0.59 0.54 0.0046 (0.0177)

Abbreviation: D-I-D, difference-in-difference; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; SE, standard errors.

a

No DID estimates reached statistical significance at the p < .05 level.

b

Modified look-back periods were used that were prescribed by HEDIS to shorter time frames available in the data.