09 August 2023 : Clinical Research
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Patient Care Provided by Physicians in Rural and Urban Areas in Poland
Artur Prusaczyk
1ABDEG, Mariusz Gujski 2AD, Wojciech Onyśków3CDF, Paweł Żuk4BDG, Leszek Warsz1DF, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch 5DF, Joanna Oberska 5EF*, Magdalena Bogdan 5ADE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939169
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939169
Table 4 Differences in the distributions of the individual indicator values for physicians who work in urban and in rural areas.
| Item No. | Indicator name | Calculation method | Relevance of the test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z.1 | Patient population coverage | Student’s t-test | 0.042 |
| Z.2 | Worktime effectiveness | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.134 |
| Z.3 | Key visits effectiveness | Student’s t-test | 0.511 |
| Z.4 | Complex visits effectiveness | Student’s t-test | 0.342 |
| Z.5 | Effectiveness of the number of complex visits | Student’s t-test | 0.624 |
| Z.6 | Effectiveness of routine and advanced health checks | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.039 |
| Z.7 | Care plan execution effectiveness | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.068 |
| Z.8 | Effectiveness of the number of DILO cards issued | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.842 |
| Z.9 | Average patient life expectancy | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.016 |
| Z.10 | Average chronic patient life expectancy | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.611 |
| Z.11 | Percentage of cervical screening tests | Student’s t-test | 0.730 |
| Z.12 | Percentage of mammograms | Student’s t-test | 0.026 |
| Z.13 | Percentage of CVD tests | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.642 |
| DILO – cancer diagnostics and treatment; CVD – cardiovascular disease. . | |||