Table 5 Structural aspects of chronic care management
From: Short- and long-term effects of a quality improvement collaborative on diabetes management
Systems of care n = 35 clinics and practices | Baseline | Short term (one year follow up) | Long term (two years follow up) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (survey) | Intervention | (SD) | Control | (SD) | Intervention | (SD) | Control | (SD) | Intervention | (SD) | Control | (SD) |
Self-management support | 6.0 | (2.1) | 6.9 | (2.3) | 7.0 | (2.3) | 6.4* | (2.2) | 6.4 | (2.2) | 6.2 | (2.2) |
Decision support | 6.8 | (2.1) | 7.2 | (2.1) | 7.7 | (2.2) | 6.7 | (1.9) | 7.1 | (1.6) | 6.4** | (2.0) |
Delivery system design | 7.1 | (2.3) | 7.8 | (1.9) | 7.5 | (2.1) | 7.8 | (1.7) | 7.4 | (1.2) | 8.0 | (1.7) |
Clinical information systems | 6.6 | (2.6) | 6.4 | (2.1) | 6.4 | (1.9) | 6.1 | (1.8) | 7.0 | (1.8) | 6.7 | (2.1) |
Total mean | 6.7 | (2.1) | 7.2 | (1.8) | 7.2 | (1.9) | 6.8 | (1.7) | 7.0 | (1.4) | 6.8 | (1.8) |
Total median | 7.0 | (2.5) | 7.3 | (2.1) | 7.7 | (2.5) | 7.0 | (1.9) | 7.3 | (1.6) | 7.1 | (2.1) |