Examining the extent and factors associated with interprofessional teamwork in primary care settings

Figures & data

Table 1. Organizational characteristics of 66 practices that completed the TPS

Practice Characteristics	n	(%)
Type CHC FHT	44 22	66.7 33.3
Rurality^a Urban Suburban Rural	38 17 11	57.6 25.8 16.7
Governance Community-based board of directors Mixed board of directors Physician-based board of directors	47 12 7	71.2 18.3 10.6
Number of locations 1 (single site) 2 sites ≥ 3 sites	29 14 23	43.9 21.2 34.9
Quality improvement capacity^b Low (≤ 4 initiatives) Medium (>4 and ≤ 6 initiatives) High (>6 initiatives)	20 29 17	30.3 43.9 25.8
Information Technology capabilities^c Low (≤ 7 functions) Medium (8 functions) High (> 8 functions)	21 21 24	31.8 31.8 36.4
Shared resources^d Low (≤ 6 shared resources) Medium (7 shared resources) High (8 shared resources)	18 25 23	27.3 37.9 34.9
Centralized processes^e Low (≤ 5 processes) High (> 5 processes)	29 37	43.9 56.1
Information exchange^f Low (≤ 4 types of information) High (> 4 types of information)	13 53	19.7 80.3
Communication mechanisms^g Low (≤ 4 mechanisms) Medium (5 mechanisms) High (6 mechanisms)	15 18 33	22.7 27.3 50.0
Team size Small (≤ 21 members) Medium (21–32 members)Large (>32 members)	24 20 22	36.4 30.3 33.3

Table 2. CPAT scores and team features for participating practices

Team-level variables	Mean	SD
Total CPAT score	46.6	2.5
FHTs only	45.5	3.0
CHCs only	47.2	2.0
Roster/panel size	7873	7420
Years of employment	7.1	3.4
Age	43.3	4.9
Number of professions	12.5	2.1

Table 3. Results of multiple linear regression analysis of CPAT scores from participating practices

Characteristic	b	95% CI	P value
Team size
Small	ref
Medium (21–32 members)	−1.56	−2.78 to −0.35	.013
Large (>32 members)	−2.97	−4.29 to −1.68	<.001
Governance board format
Physician-based boards	ref
Community-based boards	0.20	−2.48 to 2.88	.881
Mixed boards	−2.40	−4.56 to −0.25	.029
Information exchange
Low	ref
High	−2.46	−3.76 to −1.16	<.001
Centralized processes
Low	ref
High	−2.10	−3.14 to −1.06	<.001
Quality improvement capabilities*	0.84	0.14 to 1.55	.021
Communication mechanisms
Low	ref
Medium	1.70	0.30 to 3.10	.019
High	2.51	1.00 to 4.00	<.001
Practice type
FHT	ref
CHC	4.00	0.13 to 7.88	.043
Number of years in operation	0.56	0.09 to 1.03	.020
Practice type x Years in operation
CHC x years	−0.51	−0.98 to −0.05	.032

*This variable was treated as continuous.