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Table 2 First-year perceived project success and second-year dissemination: distributional information and QIC averages

From: Quality improvement collaboratives and the wisdom of crowds: spread explained by perceived success at group level

 

Distributional information

First group of hospitals

Second group of hospitals

 

Mean

Median

IQR

Min-Max

WL

OT

PR

MS

PU

PW

WL

OT

PR

MS

PU

PW

Perceived project success*

6.58 (84)

7.05

1.69

4-8

7.25 (8)

5.0 (3)

7.55 (11)

8.00 (7)

6.90 (7)

6.1 (5)

7.33 (12)

4.00 (4)

7.63 (8)

7.19 (8)

5.71 (7)

6.25 (4)

Second-year dissemination**

4.63 (15)

4.09

5.85

0.14-11.88

7.13 (8)

0.63 (8)

6.88 (8)

11.88 (8)

6.88 (8)

3.75 (8)

4.43 (7)

0.14 (7)

3.14 (7)

7.57 (7)

2.29 (5)

0.86 (6)

  1. Notes: IQR = Inter-quartile range, Min = Minimum, Max = Maximum, WL = Waiting lists, OT = Operating theatre, PR = Process redesign, MS = Medication safety, PU = Pressure ulcers, PW = Postoperative wound infections.
  2. *Between parentheses, total number of project team leaders providing a success score.
  3. **Between parentheses, total number of programme coordinators providing dissemination data.