Table 4.

Facilitators and barriers to measuring the impact of QS teams, N (%)

	West (N=91)	East (N=58)	Ontario (N=100)	p*
Facilitators
Leadership support	56 (61.5)	30 (51.7)	74 (74.0)	0.015
Barriers
Appropriate IT	48 (52.7)	29 (50.0)	35 (35.0)	0.033
Evaluation expertise	38 (41.8)	23 (39.7)	27 (27.0)	0.076
Leadership support	19 (20.9)	14 (24.1)	10 (10.0)	0.040
Geographic distance	23 (25.3)	10 (17.2)	6 (6.0)	0.001

Notes:

^*p-Value comparing differences in proportions between regions. A significance level of 0.01 was used to adjust for post hoc multiple comparisons.

Abbreviations: QS, quality and safety; IT, information technology.