Table 3

ICCs (With 95% Empirical Bootstrap CIs) and VIFs Calculated for Practice-Level Variables, Collected on 89 Practices Within 8 PBRNs

Within Network Statistics
Practice Level VariableICC (95% CI)VIF
Practice type0.294 (0.187–0.499)3.82
Use of electronic medical record0.229 (0.101–0.406)3.20
Number of physician FTEs0.053 (0.000–0.427)1.51
Number of staff FTEs0.036 (0.000–0.407)1.35
Number of staff/physician FTEs0.062 (0.000–0.393)1.60
Physician turnover rate0.110 (0.029–0.564)2.06
Staff turnover rate0.066 (0.000–0.327)1.63
  • FTE=Full-time equivalent; ICC=intraclass correlation coefficient; PBRN=practice-based research network; VIF = variance inflation factor.

  • Note: crude mean cluster size = 11.125; adjusted mean cluster size = 10.59 clinics per network.