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Evaluating the implementation of collaborative teams in community family practice using the Primary Care Assessment Tool

Grace C. Moe, Jessica E.S. Moe and Allan L. Bailey
Canadian Family Physician December 2019; 65 (12) e515-e522;
Grace C. Moe
Executive Director of Innovation and Strategic Projects for the WestView Physician Collaborative and WestView Primary Care Network, Project Director of the Family Medicine–WestView Community Teaching Site in Spruce Grove, Alta, and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
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Jessica E.S. Moe
Emergency physician at the Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and Clinician Scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver.
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Allan L. Bailey
Family physician at Westgrove Clinic in Spruce Grove, Alta, Director of Research and Evaluation for the WestView Primary Care Network, and Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.
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    The PCAT scores* over time (2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016) at the WPCN level: Assessment of primary care received, by WPCN user population (multiyear telephone surveys—WPCN catchment residents).

    NA—not applicable, PCAT—Primary Care Assessment Tool, WPCN—WestView Primary Care Network.

    *The PCAT scores range from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating better performance.

    †The 3 ancillary domains (family-centredness, community orientation, and cultural competence) were excluded from the PCAT summary primary care score, as they were not measured in 2010 owing to budget constraints.

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    The PCAT summary scores, by clinic

    PCAT—Primary Care Assessment Tool.

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    Study population, sampling, response rates, and respondent subgroups

    DESCRIPTIONS2007201020132016
    Study population
    WPCN catchment population,* N71 86477 14882 70788 892
    WPCN family practice clinics, N67710
    WPCN family physicians, N35435045
    WPCN family practice panel (ie, patients attached to WPCN-member family practice clinics),† N49 37753 39661 63761 611
    Age,† %
      • 0–19 y29.6026.9026.5026.10
      • 20–64 y61.3062.6062.2061.60
      • ≥ 65 y9.7010.4011.3012.30
    Male sex,† %49.6050.1049.3050.10
    Sampling
    Target sample size for surveys, N1000100010001800
    Survey results
    Response rate, %64.5945.5654.9037.67
    Completed surveys—respondent sample size, N89690410001800
    Respondent subgroup
    WPCN users,‡ n (%)832 (92.86)717 (79.31)861 (86.10)1676 (93.11)
    Unattached,§ n (%)35 (3.91)21 (2.31)20 (2.00)35 (1.94)
    WPCN nonusers,‖ n (%)28 (3.13)160 (17.7)119 (11.90)89 (4.94)
    Other (do not know or cannot provide), n (%)1 (0.11)6 (0.66)0 (0.00)0 (0.00)
    • WPCN—WestView Primary Care Network,

    • ↵* Population of Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, and Parkland County in Alberta (Alberta Health Services Department of Population Health Surveillance and Reporting, written communication, 2018).

    • ↵† These data come from WPCN administrative records based on data provided by Alberta Health semi-annual payment reports to WPCN 2007–2016 (unpublished data). WPCN panel refers to the total number of Albertans informally enrolled to member physicians of the WPCN per Alberta Health proxy attachment methodology.

    • ↵‡ WPCN users refers to respondents who had visited a WPCN-member physician or clinic at least once in the previous 18 months and who had named a WPCN-member physician as their family doctor.

    • ↵§ Unattached refers to respondents who reported having no family doctor.

    • ↵‖ WPCN nonusers refers to respondents naming a family doctor who was not a member physician of WPCN. This group was excluded from analyses in this study.

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    Characteristics of survey respondents, by subgroup

    CHARACTERISTICS, BY SUBGROUP2007201020132016
    WPCN users*
      • Respondents, N (%)832 (92.90)717 (79.30)861 (86.10)1676 (93.10)
      • Mean (SD) age, y47.9 (16.6)51.60 (15.1)49.0 (16.7)53.7 (16.4)
      • Male sex, %43.5035.7046.5046.90
      • Chronic disease: “Yes,” %41.9023.1019.4022.90
      • Employed, %56.7052.7064.0054.10
      • Not employed, %7.704.502.906.00
      • Did not finish high school,%24.2016.7014.5014.50
      • Finished university or vocational school, %32.1037.7041.4041.90
      • Household income < $34 999, %20.7024.3014.60NA
      • Household income > $80 000, %41.1041.8055.4051.60
    Unattached†
      • Respondents, N (%)35 (3.91)21 (2.31)20 (2.00)35 (1.94)
      • Mean (SD) age, y37.4 (12.1)44.1 (18.2)42.5 (14.5)48.6 (16.7)
      • Male sex, %51.4033.3060.0057.10
      • Chronic disease: “Yes,” %37.1019.0010.0020.00
      • Employed, %68.5066.6080.0060.00
      • Not employed, %11.404.8010.0011.40
      • Did not finish high school, %37.1028.6010.005.70
      • Finished university or vocational school, %25.7033.3060.0048.60
      • Household income < $34 999, %21.4027.805.90NA
      • Household income > $80 000, %35.7033.3076.5052.90
    WPCN nonusers‡
      • Respondents, N (%)28 (3.13)160 (17.7)119 (11.90)89 (4.94)
      • Mean (SD) age, y53.7 (21.1)51.8 (14.8)47.1 (15.7)58.9 (14.1)
      • Male sex, %25.0033.1042.9039.30
      • Chronic disease: “Yes,” %39.3022.0016.9026.10
      • Employed, %50.0055.1071.4055.40
      • Not employed, %3.602.502.507.90
      • Did not finish high school, %25.0017.505.9014.60
      • Finished university or vocational school, %28.6038.8043.7050.60
      • Household income < $34 999, %31.8021.9010.20NA
      • Household income > $80 000, %40.9048.1064.8050.60
    • NA—not available, WPCN—WestView Primary Care Network.

    • ↵* WPCN users refers to respondents who had visited a WPCN-member physician or clinic at least once in the previous 18 months and who had named a WPCN-member physician as their family doctor.

    • ↵† Unattached refers to respondents who reported having no family doctor.

    • ↵‡ WPCN nonusers refers to respondents naming a family doctor who was not a member physician of WPCN. This group was excluded from analyses in this study.

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