Table 2. Team characteristics, overall and intervention group differences
Intervention(n = 34)Control(n = 34)P valuea
Clinical focus, n (%)0.81
 Infectious disease1 (2.94)0 (0.00)
 Primary care only18 (52.94)17 (50.00)
 Women’s health15 (44.12)17 (50.00)
Team-level multiple team membership, mean (SD)5.20 (1.24)4.16 (0.58)<0.0001
Baseline measures
Percentage of appointments starting on time67.01 (24.50)60.55 (25.49)0.29
Percentage of timely recall scheduling72.19 (17.80)75.26 (25.70)0.58
Percentage of ED utilisation18.28 (8.61)21.82 (11.32)0.15
Percentage of electronic patient portal enrolment22.43 (4.27)29.05 (8.88)<0.01
Coordination compositeb 0.41 (0.14)0.40 (0.18)0.91
  • aIndependent samples t-tests for all except team focus, which was a Fisher’s exact test.bCombination of the four indicators (appointments starting on time, timely recall scheduling, ED utilisation, and electronic patient portal enrolment). ED = emergency department