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Table 5 Unadjusted comparison of process of care indicators between primary care payment models

From: Comparison of primary care models in the prevention of cardiovascular disease - a cross sectional study

Area of care

Process of care indicator

p-value

Pairwise comparison of models: OR [95% CI]

   

Blended Capitation

vs. FFS

CHC

vs. FFS

Blended Capitation

vs. CHC

Dyslipidemia

Lipid profile

0.30

1.2

[0.9-1.6]

1.0

[0.7-1.4]

1.2

[0.8-1.7]

 

Lipid lowering drug

0.60

1.0

[0.7-1.5]

0.8

[0.5-1.2]

1.3

[0.8-2.3]

Diabetes

2 HbA1c tests

0.0008*

1.9

[1.3-2.8]†

2.5

[1.4-4.4]†

0.8

[0.4-1.4]

Chronic Kidney Disease

eGFR

0.66

1.4

[0.7-2.7]

1.1

[0.4-3.1]

1.3

[0.4-4.1]

Hypertension

2 blood pressure measures

0.80

1.1

[0.7-1.7]

1.2

[0.8-1.8]

0.9

[0.6-1.4]

 

Anti-hypertensive drug

0.70

0.9

[0.6-1.3]

0.8

[0.5-1.4]

1.0

[0.6-1.8]

Weight

Waist circumference

0.003*

4.8

[2.4-9.7]†

1.9

[0.8-4.3]

2.6

[1.1-5.8]

 

Smoking advice

0.001*

2.6

[1.6-4.3]†

1.6

[0.9-3.0]

1.6

[0.9-3.1]

Smoking Cessation

Smoking program referral

0.20

2.5

[1.0-6.2]

1.4

[0.6-3.3]

1.8

[0.7-4.3]

 

Smoking drug therapy

0.005*

2.1

[1.3-3.3]†

0.8

[0.4-1.6]

2.7

[1.5-4.9]†

  1. * p < 0.05: Indicates that payment model has a significant effect on the delivery of the specified indicator
  2. † p < 0.017: p-value limit for between group comparisons was corrected using a Bonferroni correction factor
  3. OR = Odds Ratio, CI = 95% confidence interval on odds ratio