Table 1.

Baseline Health Service Characteristics

Health Service Characteristics (n=41)	Intervention (N=21, n=12 534)	Control (N=20, n=10 275)	P Value
Eligible population
<500	9/21 (42.9%)	9/20 (45.0%)	0.89
≥500	12/21 (57.1%)	11/20 (55.0%)
Type of services
Aboriginal community controlled health service	6/21 (28.6%)	6/20 (30.0%)	0.92
General practice	15/21 (71.4%)	14/20 (70.0%)
Medical software used
Best practice	5/21 (23.8%)	7/20 (35.0%)	0.43
Medical director	16/21 (76.2%)	13/20 (65.0%)
Information technology support
Both local and external	2/21 (9.5%)	8/20 (40.0%)	0.07
External	12/21 (57.2%)	8/20 (40.0%)
Local	7/21 (33.3%)	4/20 (20.0%)
Staff currently using data extraction tools
Most	1/21 (4.8%)	0/20 (0.0%)	0.38
None	9/21 (42.9%)	6/20 (30.0%)
Some	11/21 (52.4%)	14/20 (70.0%)
Current participation in a quality improvement initiative
No	14/21 (66.7%)	12/20 (60.0%)	0.66
Yes	7/21 (33.3%)	8/20 (40.0%)