Maciek Godycki-Ćwirko, Malgorzata Koziarska-Rosciszewska, Katarzyna Kosiek Table I. Accomplishment rates of CVD and COPD prevention programmes in Lodz Number of health care providers Total Minimum number of number of interventions interventions contracted 53 996.0 300.0 Maximum number of interventions contracted 12 000.0 29 796.0 0.0 6552.0 65 400.0 600.0 10 000.0 31 244.0 0.0 9268.0 13 776.0 200.0 2236.0 7096.0 0.0 2312.0 Table II. Numbers of physicians who delivered CVD and COPD prevention interventions in Lodz by specialisation CVD prevention programme 79 (30.74%, 95% CI 25.10-36.38) 81 (31.52%, 95% CI 25.84-37.18) 40 (15.56%, 95% CI 11.13-19.99) 57 (22.18%, 95% CI 17.10-27.26) 257 (100.00%) COPD prevention programme basic level 54 (23.08%, 95% CI 17.68-28.48) 104 (44.44%, 95% CI 38.07-50.81) 54 (23.08%, 95% CI 17.68-28.48) 22 (9.40%, 95% CI 5.66-13.14) 234 (100.00%) COPD prevention programme extended level 54 (23.28%, 95% CI 17.84-28.72) 102 (43.97%, 95% CI 37.58-50.36) 54 (23.28%, 95% CI 17.84-28.72) 22 (9.48%, 95% CI 5.71-13.25) 232 (100.00%) Mean number of interventions contracted 2159.8 (95% CI 1144.5- 3175.2) 1191.8 (95% CI 585.1- 1798.6) 2972.7 (95% CI 1921.6- 4023.8) 1420.2 (95% CI 550.8- 2289.6) 688.8 (95% CI 413.7- 963.9) 354.8 (95% CI 92.4-617.2) Standard deviation 2459.8 1470.0 2370.7 1960.9 587.8 560.7 Contract accompli- shment rate (%) 55.2 (95% CI 35.7-74.7) 47.8 (95% CI 26.7-68.7) 51.5 (95% CI 29.6-73.4) Prevention programme CVD interventions contracted CVD interventions delivered COPD – basic level interventions contracted COPD – basic level interventions delivered COPD – extended level interventions contracted COPD – extended level interventions delivered Specialisation of physicians Family medicine Internal medicine Paediatrics Other Physicians (total) 25 25 22 22 20 20 physicians involved (100.00%), including 147 (63%) females. In the programme delivery at the extended level 54 family physicians (23.28% of all primary care physicians, 95% CI 17.84-28.72), 102 specialists in internal medicine (43.97%, 95% CI 37.58-50.36), 54 paediatricians (23.28%, 95% CI 17.84-28.72), and 22 physicians with or without another specialisation (9.48%, 95% CI 5.71-13.25) were involved. In total 232 primary care physicians (100.00%), including 142 females (61%), were involved. Accomplishment rates of the CVD and COPD prevention programme in Lodz and the numbers of physicians involved in CVD and COPD prevention programmes in Lodz by specialisation are presented in Tables I and II. The relationship expressed by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between the proportion of physicians with a particular specialisation who delivered the CVD and COPD prevention interven- tions and the rate of contract accomplishment 210 Arch Med Sci 2, April / 2010