Time to Submission of Clinical Quality Measures by Practice Characteristic
| N | Able to submit CQM data | Among Practices Able to Submit CQM Data (n = 187) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within 30 Days | Within 60 Days | Within 6 months | Within 15 months | Time to submission (days) | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-Value† | Mean (SD) | Median | ||
| Overall | 205 | 61 (30) | 116 (57) | 171 (83) | 187 (91) | 74 (77) | 41 | |
| Part of a larger organization with centralized QI support* | ||||||||
| No | 108 | 41 (38) | 68 (63) | 90 (83) | 95 (88) | 0.14 | 61 (77) | 40 |
| Yes | 95 | 19 (20) | 46 (48) | 79 (83) | 90 (95) | 88 (74) | 57 | |
| Autonomy to choose QI projects* | ||||||||
| None, or a little autonomy | 40 | 11 (28) | 14 (35) | 32 (80) | 38 (95) | 0.55 | 103 (85) | 94 |
| A lot of autonomy | 64 | 13 (20) | 38 (59) | 54 (84) | 59 (92) | 79 (85) | 45 | |
| Complete autonomy | 100 | 37 (37) | 63 (63) | 84 (84) | 89 (89) | 58 (63) | 38 | |
| Practice size | ||||||||
| Solo | 38 | 16 (42) | 30 (79) | 33 (87) | 34 (89) | 0.85 | 49 (66) | 34 |
| 2 to 4 | 96 | 28 (29) | 48 (50) | 81 (84) | 87 (91) | 72 (60) | 54 | |
| 5+ | 71 | 17 (24) | 38 (54) | 57 (80) | 66 (93) | 90 (96) | 47 | |
| QI priority* | ||||||||
| Low (1 to 7) | 93 | 34 (37) | 57 (61) | 80 (86) | 84 (90) | 0.81 | 61 (61) | 39 |
| High (8 to 10) | 107 | 24 (22) | 55 (51) | 86 (80) | 98 (92) | 86 (87) | 51 | |
| Ever run a non-standard QI report* | ||||||||
| No | 119 | 37 (31) | 66 (55) | 93 (78) | 105 (88) | 0.13 | 78 (86) | 41 |
| Yes | 81 | 21 (26) | 46 (57) | 73 (90) | 77 (95) | 70 (63) | 41 | |
↵* Missing data: QI support (n = 2); autonomy (n = 1); QI priority (n = 5); ever run a non-standard report (n = 5).
↵† P-value reports the significance of differences in the proportion able to submit data within 15 months from the date ABCS data was requested, based on Fisher's Exact Test.
CQM, clinical quality measure; SD, standard deviation; QI, quality improvement; ABCS, aspirin, blood pressure, cholesterol, and smoking.