Table 3.
Physician Delivery of Care, Mean %a |
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Physicians, No. |
All Physicians |
PCPs |
Non-PCPs |
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Clinical Quality Measure | All |
PCPs |
Non-PCPs |
MU1 |
MU2 |
P-valueb | MU1 |
MU2 |
P-valueb | MU1 |
MU2 |
P-valueb |
No. | % | % | % | |||||||||
Hypertension: <140/90 mmHg, Age 18–85 | 667 | 117 | 550 | 35 | 40 | <.01 | 67 | 67.5 | 29 | 35 | <.01 | |
Influenza immunization | 89 | 75 | 14 | 63 | 68 | <.01 | 66 | 73 | <.01 | 49 | 44.3 | |
Tobacco use assessment/cessation intervention | 637 | 117 | 520 | 86 | 96 | <.01 | 82 | 96 | <.01 | 87 | 95 | <.01 |
Diabetes: HbA1c <9.0% | 503 | 114 | 389 | 93 | 96 | <.01 | 90 | 95 | <.01 | 95 | 94.2 | |
Chlamydia screening, age 16–24 | 604 | 115 | 489 | 10 | 9 | .1 | 17 | 13 | .2 | 9 | 8 | .4 |
Weight screening/follow-up, Age 18–64 | 672 | 119 | 553 | 32 | 32 | .3 | 31 | 31 | .3 | 32 | 33 | .5 |
Weight screening/follow-up, age ≥ 65 | 635 | 117 | 518 | 54 | 49 | <.01 | 54 | 49 | <.01 | 53 | 49 | .5 |
aUnweighted means of individual physician scores.
bThe frequency with which an eligible physician delivered high-quality care to her/his patients during MU1 was compared to the same physician’s performance during MU2 by paired t-test. HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; MU, meaningful use; PCPs, primary care physicians.