Quality indicators and variation in primary care: Modelling GP referral patterns

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-165

  Love, Tom ^a,b   Dowell, Anthony C ^a   Salmond, Clare ^a   Crampton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Computer simulation; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACK PAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 1842865786     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh210     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Pescosolido BA, Tuch SA, Martin JK. The profession of medicine and the public: examining Americans' changing confidence in physician authority from the beginning of the 'health care crisis' to the era of health care reform. J Health Soc Behav 2001; 42: 1-16.
2. Davies HT, Shields AV. Public trust and accountability for clinical performance: lessons from the national press reportage of the Bristol hearing. J Eval Clin Pract 1999; 5: 335-342.
3. Campbell SM, Roland MO, Buetow SA. Defining quality of care. Soc Sci Med 2000; 51: 1611-1625.
4. Majeed FA, Voss S. Performance indicators for general practice. Br Med J 1995; 311: 209-210.
5. Braybrook S, Walker R. Influencing prescribing in primary care: a comparison of two different prescribing feedback methods. J Clin Pharm Ther 1996; 21: 247-254.
6. Shelley M, Croft P, Chapman S, Pantin C. Is the ratio of inhaled corticosteroid to bronchodilator a good indicator of the quality of asthma prescribing? Cross sectional study linking prescribing data to data on admissions. Br Med J 1996; 313: 1124-1126.
7. Campbell SM, Cantrill JA, Roberts D. Prescribing indicators for UK general practice: Delphi consultation study. Br Med J 2000; 321: 425-428.
8. Jensen J. Consumers see mortality data as useful tool. Mod Health 1992; 22: 82.
9. Marshall MN, Hiscock J, Sibbald B. Attitudes to the public release of comparative information on the quality of general practice care: qualitative study. Br Med J 2002; 325: 1278-82.
10. McColl A, Roderick P, Gabbay J, Smith H, Moore M. Performance indicators for primary care groups: an evidence based approach. Br Med J 1998; 317: 1354-1360.
11. Giuffrida A, Gravelle H, Roland M. Measuring quality of care with routine data: avoiding confusion between performance indicators and health outcomes. Br Med J 1999; 319: 94-98.
12. Royal College of General Practitioners. The Nature of General Medical Practice. London: Royal College of General Practitioners; 1996.
13. Starfield BH. Primary Care: Balancing Health Needs, Services, and Technology. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998.
14. Moore AT, Roland MO. How much variation in referral rates among general practitioners is due to chance? Br Med J 1989; 298: 500-502.
15. Diehr P, Grembowski D. A small area simulation approach to determining excess variation in dental procedure rates. Am J Public Health 1990; 80: 1343-1348.
16. Diehr P, Cain K, Connell F, Volinn E. What is too much variation? The null hypothesis in small-area analysis. Health Serv Res 1990; 24: 741-771.
17. Bachmann MO, Bevan G. Determining the size of a total purchasing site to manage the financial risks of rare costly referrals: computer simulation model. Br Med J 1996; 313: 1054-1057.
18. Clinical Standards Advisory Group. Epidemiology Review: The Epidemiology and Cost of Back Pain. London: HMSO; 1994.
19. Mason V. The Prevalence of Back Pain in Great Britain. London: HMSO; 1994.
20. Accident Compensation Corporation. Annual Report 2002. Wellington: Accident Compensation Corporation; 2002.