Does Feedback Improve the Quality of Computerized Medical Records in Primary Care?

Table 4

The Influence of External Factors on Data Quality, Ranked in Order of Significance

	R²	pValue
Significant change:
No. of prescription items per 1,000 patients	80.6	0.002
No significant change:
Percentage of notes in which Read Code is level 3 or lower	26.1	0.20
Percentage of acute prescriptions linked to diagnosis	22.5	0.24
Percentage of notes linked to diagnosis	18.2	0.29
Percentage of repeat prescrip-tions linked to diagnosis	14.4	0.35
Ratio of repeat to acute prescriptions	10.4	0.44
Percentage active patients seen in last 12 months	7.8	0.50
Percentage of patients with year of birth and sex recorded	3.4	0.66
Percentage with dose details	1.8	0.75
Percentage of problems with Read Code of level 3 or lower	0.5	0.86

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