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Table 3 Clinical efficacy of CPPs compared to PCPs

From: Advanced Practice Pharmacists: a retrospective evaluation of the efficacy and cost of ClinicaL Pharmacist PractitionErs managing ambulatory Medicare patients in North Carolina (APPLE-NC)

 

CPP

PCP

p-value*

Number (%) of patients with BP at goal

 Beginning of study

36 (57.1)

30 (47.6)

0.48

 End of Study

40 (63.5)

29 (46.0)

Number (%) of patients with HgbA1c at goal

 Beginning of study

2 (7.1)

22 (61.1)

0.21

 End of Study

7 (25.0)

23 (63.9)

Number (%) of patients with pain at goal

 BPI score decreased by 1 point

26 (55.3)

13 (41.9)

0.30

 BPI score decreased by 2 points

20 (40.4)

10 (32.2)

0.47

  1. *p-value calculated using Difference in Differences test