Total | PC | SC | ||
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(N = 3308) | (N = 1141) | (N = 2167) | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
Interactional factors between doctors | ||||
I know the doctors of the other care level who see my patients personallya | 1103 (39.06) | 442 (44.02) | 661 (36.32) | < 0.001 |
I trust in the clinical skills of the doctors of the other level who see my patientsa | 2429 (88.62) | 971 (97.20) | 1458 (83.70) | < 0.001 |
My daily practice influences the practice of the doctors of the other levela | 1834 (78.61) | 554 (66.19) | 1280 (85.56) | < 0.001 |
In practice, primary care doctors are responsible for coordinating the patient on their way through the different levels of carea | 2189 (81.92) | 950 (95.19) | 1239 (74.01) | < 0.001 |
Organizational factors | ||||
My organization’s management facilitates coordination between primary and secondary care doctorsa | 1492 (59.18) | 665 (67.44) | 827 (53.88) | < 0.001 |
My organization sets objectives that are aimed at coordination between care levelsa | 1370 (55.20) | 540 (56.72) | 830 (54.25) | 0.228 |
The time I can dedicate to coordinating with doctors of the other level during my working day is sufficient a | 380 (13.90) | 136 (13.67) | 244 (14.03) | 0.792 |
As a secondary care doctor, do you do patient consultations in a primary care centre?a | 386 (21.44) | |||
Knowledge of the coordination mechanisms available in the area | ||||
The electronic medical records that you use in your centre allows you to share information between primary and secondary (hospital, long-term) careb | 2623 (89.92) | 918 (87.60) | 1705 (91.23) | 0.002 |
In your centre, you can hold virtual consultations through the EMR between primary and secondary care doctorsb | 1795 (72.55) | 841 (83.18) | 954 (65.21) | < 0.001 |
In your centre, you can hold consultations via e-mail between primary and secondary care doctorsb | 1885 (75.98) | 792 (79.52) | 1093 (73.60) | 0.001 |
In your centre, you can hold consultations via phone between primary and secondary care doctorsb | 2085 (79.73) | 700 (71.72) | 1385 (84.50) | < 0.001 |
In your centre, you hold joint clinical case conferences between primary and secondary care doctors for the discussion of casesb | 1226 (43.50) | 696 (66.60) | 530 (29.91) | < 0.001 |
In your centre, you have at your disposal shared protocols, care pathways or clinical practice guidelines between primary and secondary careb | 1847 (74.99) | 940 (92.16) | 907 (62.86) | < 0.001 |
There are case managers or liaison nurses at your centreb | 2031 (80.28) | 876 (87.43) | 1155 (75.59) | < 0.001 |
Primary care doctors are informed when their patients are discharged from the hospitala | 1105 (43.61) | 677 (64.05) | 428 (28.98) | < 0.001 |