Table 4:
Recency of last visit | |||||||||
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N | 12-month Periodic Sample (Unweighted) [Sample A] | Simulated Continuous Sample, Weighted by Visit Frequency, Projected to Mean 1.5 Months Recency [Sample B]1 | Adjusted difference [Sample B - Sample A] | 95% Confidence Interval [Sample B – Sample A] | p-value2 | Physician- level SD3 | Difference [Sample B – Sample A] in physician-level SDs | Percentile misranking Sample B, Sample A when true score is near 50th percentile | |
Global rating of doctor | 28,799 | 90.17 | 92.88 | 2.70 | (2.46, 2.94) | <0.001 | 6.04 | 0.45 | 17% |
Patient experience composites | |||||||||
Doctor communication | 29,002 | 91.10 | 93.32 | 2.22 | (1.92, 2.52) | <0.001 | 5.96 | 0.37 | 15% |
Access to care | 28,770 | 63.10 | 65.97 | 2.88 | (2.54, 3.21) | <0.001 | 12.72 | 0.23 | 9% |
Coordination of care | 28,747 | 83.23 | 85.74 | 2.51 | (2.21, 2.81) | <0.001 | 7.35 | 0.34 | 13% |
Office staff | 28,831 | 86.13 | 88.26 | 2.13 | (1.83, 2.44) | <0.001 | 5.41 | 0.39 | 15% |
Note: Below, “residuals” refers to residuals from a model that predicts the CAHPS measure from year, patient gender, case-mix adjustors (patient age, education, and self-rated general and mental health), and physician effects
Grand mean plus visit-frequency-weighted mean of residuals, plus regression-based projection to a mean visit recency of 1.5 months, controlling for visit frequency and case-mix
p-value for test of association between residuals and visit frequency weights, adjusted for additional uncertainty from regression-based projection to mean visit recency of 1.5 months
Standard deviation (SD) of physician-level case-mix adjusted scores, not adjusted for visit recency or frequency