Table 2 The relationship between quality indicators at emergency departments (EDs) and the presence of chain of care structure (CCS) at community health services (CHS) in 2006
| Predictor variables at EDs | 1999 | 2006 | Quality of care indicator present both in 1999 and 2006 (stability) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard canonical discriminant functions | CCS in CHS, % (n) correct classified | Not CCS in CHS, % (n) correct classified | Total, % (n) correct classified | Standardised canonical discriminant functions | CCS in CHS, % (n) correct classified | Not CCS in CHS, % (n) correct classified | Total, % (n) correct classified | Standardised canonical discriminant functions | CCS in CHS, % (n) correct classified | Not CCS in CHS, % (n) correct classified | Total, % (n) correct classified | |
| Predictors entered: the 10 quality indicators (Table 1): | ||||||||||||
| QI 6: ED has structured collaboration with aftercare providers | 1.0 | 87 (13/15) | 63 (20/32) | 70 (33/47) | 1.0 | 100 (15/15) | 56 (18/32) | 70 (33/47) | 0.756 | |||
| QI 2: ED has a team or a coordinator | 0.477 | 80 (12/15) | 91 (29/32) | 87 (41/47) | ||||||||
| Predictors entered: the 10 quality indicators + chain of care programme funded by the national strategy | ||||||||||||
| QI 6: ED has structured collaboration with aftercare providers in CHS | 0.626 | 0.766 | 0.756 | |||||||||
| Chain of care programme funded by the National strategy | 0.798 | 0.590 | 80 (12/15) | 84 (27/32) | 83 (39/47) | |||||||
| QI 1: ED has a monitoring system | -0.587 | 73 (11/15) | 81 (26/32) | 79 (37/47) | ||||||||
| QI 2: ED has a team or a coordinator | 0.477 | 80 (12/15) | 91 (29/32) | 87 (41/47) | ||||||||
