Table 7.
Physician Rating of Potential Enablers for Guideline Adherence by Subgroups (N = 46): Share of responses rating the item as very often or frequently improving adherence.
| Items very often or frequently rated as Enabler for Adherence | Total | Physician Type |
Physician Role |
NVL Knowledge |
T2DM Experience |
Recruitment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Specialist |
FET p |
Owner | Assistant |
FET p |
Lower | higher |
FET p |
≤10 years | >10 years |
FET p |
BW Physicians | DDG Physicians |
FET p |
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| N | 46 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 21 | |||||
| E1 Appointment Reminder System | 65% | 78% | 62% | 0,463 | 67% | 60% | 0.720 | 33% | 67% | 0.285 | 63% | 66% | 1.000 | 64% | 67% | 1.000 |
| E2 Patient Education | 78% | 78% | 78% | 1.000 | 72% | 100% | 0.089 | 67% | 79% | 0.539 | 88% | 76% | 0.664 | 84% | 71% | 0.475 |
| E3 Physician Education | 67% | 89% | 62% | 0.235 | 64% | 80% | 0.460 | 33% | 69% | 0.254 | 88% | 63% | 0.243 | 56% | 81% | 0.115 |
| E4 Alignment of Guideline and Reimbursement | 70% | 78% | 68% | 0.701 | 61% | 100% | 0.020 | 67% | 69% | 1.000 | 75% | 68% | 1.000 | 64% | 76% | 0.522 |
| E5 Patient Financial Incentives | 50% | 67% | 46% | 0.459 | 50% | 50% | 1.000 | 67% | 50% | 1.000 | 88% | 42% | 0.047 | 56% | 43% | 0.554 |
| E6 Cross-provider Collaboration | 85% | 89% | 84% | 1.000 | 83% | 90% | 1.000 | 100% | 83% | 1.000 | 100% | 82% | 0.325 | 84% | 86% | 1.000 |
| E7 Electronic Therapy Decision Support | 80% | 78% | 81% | 1.000 | 78% | 90% | 0.659 | 67% | 81% | 0.497 | 88% | 79% | 1.000 | 88% | 71% | 0.264 |
| E8 Real-time Guideline Deviation Tracking | 59% | 44% | 62% | 0.456 | 56% | 70% | 0.488 | 33% | 60% | 0.565 | 75% | 55% | 0.440 | 64% | 52% | 0.550 |
| E9 Guideline Revision | 70% | 78% | 68% | 0.701 | 75% | 50% | 0.242 | 67% | 69% | 1.000 | 63% | 71% | 0.684 | 72% | 67% | 0.755 |
FET = Fisher's Exact Test, significant results in bold. The significance threshold for the p-values in italics is α ≤ 0.05.