Table 1
Characteristics of sample at baseline.
| Municipalities participating Response rate, % | n = 248 58 (248 out of total 429 municipalities) |
| Size (inhabitants in municipalities), % 0–4 999 5000–19 999 20 000 and more | 49 38 13 |
| Gender of administrative municipal health care manager, % | Male 30 (n = 175) Female 68 (n = 78) Missing 2 (n = 6) |
Table 2
Eigenvalues, percent of variance and cumulative percent of variance.
| Component | Total | % of Variance | Cumulative % of variance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.799 | 47.486 | 47.486 |
| 2 | 1.553 | 19.415 | 66.901 |
Table 3
Factor loadings of 8 items*. Principal Component Analysis, direct oblique rotation.
| Items | Components | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Q1 Municipal health care services become more familiar with how the hospital works. | .841 | |
| Q2 Hospital staff learns more from the employees in the municipal health care services. | .798 | |
| Q3 Hospital employees have gained a greater understanding of the opinions municipality makes of each patient’s total situation. | .790 | |
| Q4 Employees in the municipal health care services learn more from employees of the hospital. | .772 | |
| Q5 Municipalities got equal impact for their own interests that the hospital. | .860 | |
| Q6 A contribution to a more equal relationship between the municipality and the hospital. | .512 | .845 |
| Q7 The municipality achieved its own local adjustments in the service agreements. | .773 | |
| Q8 A contribution that municipalities and hospitals jointly ensure overall and continuous health care services. | .534 | .742 |
[i] * Items were based on 5-point Likert scales and formulated as statements. (5 = to a great extent, 1 = very little extent). The initial question to item Q1–Q4 was: To what extent do you perceive that The Norwegian Coordination Reform has led to. The initial question to item Q5 and Q7 was: To what extent applied the following in the process when mandatory service agreements were negotiated? The initial question to item Q6–Q8 was: To what extent are mandatory service agreements in The Norwegian Coordination Reform.
Table 4
Reliability for two dimensions.
| Dimensions of partnership equality | No. of items | Cronbach’s alpha | n = | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning and expertise equality (LEE) | 4 | .817 | 211 | |
| Q1 | Municipal health care services become more familiar with how the hospital works. | |||
| Q2 | Hospital staff learns more from the employees in the municipal health care services. | |||
| Q3 | Hospital employees have gained a greater understanding of the opinions municipality makes of each patient’s total situation. | |||
| Q4 | Employees in the municipal health care services learn more from employees of the hospital. | |||
| Contractual equality (CE) | 4 | .803 | 142 | |
| Q5 | Municipalities got equal impact for their own interests that the hospital. | |||
| Q6 | A contribution to a more equal relationship between the municipality and the hospital. | |||
| Q7 | The municipality achieved its own local adjustments in the service agreements. | |||
| Q8 | A contribution that municipalities and hospitals jointly ensure overall and continuous health care services. | |||
Table 5
Summary Statistics, Learning and expertise equality (LEE), Mean, Standard Deviations and, Correlations, n = 211.
| Variable* | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital staff learns more from the employees in the municipal health care services. | 2.24 | 1.06 | 1.00 | .455 | .579 | .569 |
| 2 | Employees in the municipal health care services learn more from employees of the hospital. | 2.84 | .959 | .455 | 1.00 | .551 | .451 |
| 3 | Municipal health care services become more familiar with how the hospital works. | 3.00 | 1.01 | .579 | .551 | 1.00 | .562 |
| 4 | Hospital employees have gained a greater understanding of the opinions municipality makes of each patient’s total situation. | 2.68 | 1.02 | .569 | .451 | .562 | 1.00 |
| LEE additive index | 10.77 | 3.27 | |||||
[i] * The initial question to variable 1–4 was: To what extent do you perceive that The Norwegian Coordination Reform has led to.
Table 6
Summary Statistics, Contractual equality (CE), Mean, Standard Deviations and Correlations, n = 142.
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The municipality achieved its own local adjustments in the service agreements. | 2.46 | 1.25 | 1.00 | .509 | .408 | .395 |
| 2 | The municipalities got equal impact for their own interests as the hospital. | 2.75 | 1.20 | .509 | 1.00 | .590 | .437 |
| 3 | A contribution to a more equal relationship between the municipality and hospital. | 2.88 | 1.20 | .408 | .590 | 1.00 | .717 |
| 4 | A contribution that municipalities and hospitals jointly ensure overall and continuous health services. | 3.05 | 1.05 | .395 | .437 | .717 | 1.00 |
| CE additive index | 11.15 | 3.74 | |||||
[i] * The initial question to variable 1 and 2 was: To what extent applied the following in the process when mandatory service agreements were negotiated? The initial question to variable 3–4 was: To what extent are mandatory service agreements in The Norwegian Coordination Reform.