Table 2.

Baseline Staff Characteristics and Organizational Readiness (N = 45)

	Clinic A (N = 15)	Clinic B (N = 13)	Clinic C (N = 6)	Clinic D (N = 11)	Significance
Staff characteristics, N (%)
Sex
Male	5 (33)	3 (23)	3 (50)	4 (36)
Female	9 (60)	8 (62)	3 (50)	7 (64)
Unknown	1 (7)	2 (15)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Age
39 and under	3 (20)	5 (38)	0 (0)	1 (9)
40 to 64	10 (67)	6 (46)	5 (83)	9 (82)
65 and over	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (17)	1 (9)
Unknown	2 (13)	2 (15)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Degree
MD, DO, PA, NP	5 (33)	2 (33)	4 (67)	3 (27)
Nurse	7 (47)	9 (47)	1 (17)	6 (55)
MSA	3 (20)	0 (0)	1 (17)	2 (18)
Unknown	0 (0)	2 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Years with VA
2 and less	4 (27)	3 (23)	2 (33)	1 (9)
3 to 5	5 (33)	4 (31)	1 (17)	0 (0)
6 to 10	2 (13)	2 (15)	0 (0)	4 (36)
11 and more	4 (27)	3 (23)	3 (50)	6 (55)
Unknown	0 (0)	1 (8)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Organizational readiness, mean (SD)
HCV testing process satisfaction	3.47 (0.83)	3.00 (0.58)	3.80 (0.45)	3.73 (0.65)
Familiarity with quality improvement	3.40 (0.83)	3.62 (1.04)	3.50 (0.84)	3.63 (0.92)
Implementation climate
Expectations	4.04 (0.84)	3.88 (1.00)	4.25 (0.99)	4.45 (0.47)
Support	3.81 (0.99)	4.08 (0.67)	4.33 (0.52)	4.59 (0.66)	*
Rewards	3.31 (0.97)	2.79 (0.86)	3.80 (0.84)	3.00 (1.18)
Organizational readiness to change assessment
Evidence	3.73 (0.64)	3.79 (0.40)	4.11 (0.61)	3.64 (0.74)
Context-staff culture	3.97 (0.76)	4.02 (0.54)	4.45 (0.80)	4.58 (0.68)	*
Context-leadership culture	3.50 (0.86)	3.64 (0.70)	4.20 (0.84)	3.81 (1.12)
Context-leadership behavior	3.46 (0.80)	3.70 (0.79)	4.30 (0.67)	4.11 (0.94)	*
Context-measurement and evaluation	3.73 (0.81)	3.68 (0.66)	4.10 (0.89)	4.41 (0.44)	*