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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 76 Quality development in general practice in Belgium: <strong>status</strong> <strong>quo</strong> or <strong>quo</strong> <strong>vadis</strong> ? 85<br />

APPENDIX 5: SELECTION OF ARTICLES FROM THE<br />

COMPLEMENTARY SEARCHES<br />

Author Title Country Type <strong>of</strong> article Summary<br />

Beacham<br />

2003{Beacham, 2003<br />

#221}<br />

Hearnshaw<br />

2003{Hearnshaw, 2003<br />

#550}<br />

Crampton<br />

2004{Crampton, 2004<br />

#248}<br />

Elwyn 2004{Elwyn,<br />

2004 #524}<br />

Priorities for<br />

research in the<br />

area <strong>of</strong> primary<br />

health care. How<br />

relevant are<br />

recently<br />

completed<br />

General Practice<br />

Evaluation<br />

Program<br />

projects?<br />

Are audits<br />

wasting<br />

resources by<br />

measuring the<br />

wrong things? A<br />

survey <strong>of</strong><br />

methods used to<br />

select audit<br />

review criteria<br />

What makes a<br />

good<br />

performance<br />

indicator?<br />

Devising primary<br />

care performance<br />

indicators for<br />

New Zealand<br />

Assessing<br />

organisational<br />

development in<br />

primary medical<br />

care using a<br />

group based<br />

assessment: the<br />

Maturity Matrix<br />

Australia Semi quantitative<br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> reports <strong>of</strong><br />

52 projects on quality<br />

<strong>of</strong> care in Australia.<br />

UK Using a questionnaire<br />

study, this study<br />

measured the extent<br />

to which a systematic<br />

approach was used<br />

to select criteria for<br />

audit, and identified<br />

problems in using<br />

such an approach<br />

with potential<br />

solutions.<br />

New<br />

Zealand<br />

Completed GPEP<br />

projects have<br />

relevance to the<br />

identified priority<br />

areas. They provide<br />

information to<br />

support research<br />

applications in the<br />

primary health care<br />

area funded through<br />

the National Health<br />

and Medical<br />

Research Council,<br />

and identify areas for<br />

further research.<br />

The agreement on<br />

indicators used in<br />

audit was low.<br />

Authors conclude<br />

that methods and<br />

review criteria were<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten less systematic<br />

than desirable.<br />

Reflective paper NZ currently lacks a<br />

national approach to<br />

primary care<br />

performance<br />

indicators.<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> papers<br />

<strong>of</strong> Campbell and<br />

McColl. A Delphi<br />

like technique is<br />

suggested to start<br />

the consensus<br />

UK Multifaceted analysis.<br />

Responses to a<br />

evaluation<br />

questionnaire,<br />

qualitative feedback<br />

and psychometric<br />

testing<br />

process.<br />

Validation studies <strong>of</strong><br />

the maturity matrix.<br />

This instrument<br />

assesses the degree<br />

<strong>of</strong> organizational<br />

development<br />

achieved in primary<br />

medical care<br />

organizations.

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