status quo of quo vadis? - KCE
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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.