Table 5 Summary of relationships between team inputs and individual clinical performance measures
Input variable | Clinical performance | β | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Team task | Â | Â | Â |
Higher workload | Greater % patients receiving lumpectomies | 0.292 | 0.029 |
Greater number of patients seen | More patients entered into clinical trials | 0.312 | 0.018 |
Greater number of hospitals where breast clinics are held | Greater percentage of patients visiting hospital for diagnosis on more than one occasion | 0.416 | 0.006 |
| Â | Greater percentage of patients entered into clinical trials | 0.323 | 0.016 |
Greater number of hospitals where teams are based | Fewer lumpectomies | −0.342 | 0.011 |
| Â | More radiotherapy after lumpectomy | 0.308 | 0.012 |
Greater team age | More radiotherapy after lumpectomy | 0.482 | <0.001 |
Team composition | Â | Â | Â |
More breast care nurses in the team | Fewer open surgical biopsies | −0.333 | 0.009 |
More medical oncologists | Fewer lumpectomies | −0.294 | 0.024 |
| Â | More radiotherapy after lumpectomy | 0.317 | 0.018 |
| Â | More patients under 70 years receiving chemotherapy | 0.341 | 0.022 |
Greater proportion of histopathologists | More open surgical biopsy | 0.285 | 0.024 |
Greater age diversity | Greater% of patients under 70 years receiving induction chemotherapy | 0.324 | 0.028 |
Higher mean age of team members | Fewer patients entered in clinical trials | −0.330 | 0.010 |
