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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Healthc Manag. 2019 Sep-Oct;64(5):332–346. doi: 10.1097/JHM-D-18-00152

Table 2.

Importance of Patient Representation and Factors Respondents Considered Regarding Patient Representation

Factors Considered Regarding Patient Representation Importance of Patient Representation
Among respondents who considered the following statements: How much it matters that JMAP has a patient on the board: How much it matters that JMAP has a BAC in addition to a patient on the board:
A lot Not at all A lot Not at all
Patients deserve a voice 69%*** 5%*** 58%*** 4%***
Patient on board increases my trust 76%*** 4%*** 65%*** 3%***
I do not know enough about board decision-making 22%*** 15%*** 24%*** 13%***
My individual needs must be represented 70%*** 5%*** 61%*** 4%***
I need to learn about the representative. 41%*** 8% 39%*** 7%
The representative is probably powerless 31%*** 15%** 31%*** 10%
Other statement (see text for qualitative analysis) 55% 15%** 52% 12%
All respondents 53% 10% 47% 9%

Note. JMAP = Johns Hopkins Medicine Alliance for Patients; BAC = Beneficiary Advisory Council

**

p < 0.05, in comparison with all respondents

***

p < 0.001, in comparison with all respondents