Table 2.

Clinical Quality Measures Performance from 2015 to 2017 (n = 135)

CQM		Baseline Mean (SD)	Final Mean (SD)	Change
CQM		Baseline Mean (SD)	Final Mean (SD)	Mean	95% CI	P value
Blood pressure	R-I^*	55.5 (11.6)	66.1 (10.2)	10.6	6.2, 15.0	<.001
	R-HS	61.2 (10.0)	63.5 (10.1)	2.3	−1.9, 6.6	.29
	U-I^‡	65.8 (13.0)	64.7 (11.3)	−0.7	−4.3, 2.9	.71
	U-HS^‖	62.4 (11.0)	68.5 (12.3)	6.1	3.6, 8.7	<.001
Aspirin	R-I	57.4 (20.6)	67.8 (14.1)	10.3	−1.0, 21.6	.08
	R-HS	69.6 (9.1)	72.5 (10.7)	2.9	−1.7, 7.4	.22
	U-I	63.7 (17.9)	69.6 (13.9)	6.0	1.2, 10.9	.015
	U-HS	76.9 (13.9)	76.3 (8.5)	−1.4	−6.9, 4.1	.62
Smoking	R-I	72.3 (24.6)	86.7 (11.9)	16.4	6.9, 26.0	<.001
	R-HS	81.8 (12.7)	84.9 (11.1)	4.3	−0.1, 8.8	.054
	U-I	65.9 (28.1)	77.4 (24.1)	9.3	2.1, 16.4	.011
	U-HS	75.0 (24.4)	79.7 (24.0)	5.1	−4.0, 14.2	.27

CI, confidence interval; CQM, clinical quality measure; R-I, rural independent; R-HS, rural health system; U-I, urban independent; U-HS, urban health system; SD, standard deviation.
↵* R-I includes 20 clinics.
† R-HS includes 34 clinics.
↵‡ U-I includes 55 clinics.
↵‖ U-HS includes 26 clinics.