Table 6 Agreement between quality improvement (QI) maturity index classification and assessments of independent surveyors*
| Evaluator scale | Least mature n (%) | Most mature n (%) |
| Least developed QI | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) |
| 18 (85.7) | 3 (14.3) | |
| Intermediate | 13 (46.4) | 15 (53.6) |
| 10 (25.0) | 30 (75.0) | |
| Most developed QI | 0 | 6 (100) |
| Total | 52 (48.1) | 56 (51.9) |
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*In general, two surveyors audited each hospital. Their responses were included independently in the analysis (either both gave the same response, or each gave a different one). Some hospitals were audited by only one surveyor, and not all of them provided a maturity rating.
