Determinants of Hospital-based Physician Participation in Quality Improvement: A Survey of Hospitalists in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to understand the extent of hospitalist involvement in system improvement efforts across the province of British Columbia in Canada and provide insights into determinants of such participation.

Materials and methods

We designed a web-based survey and asked about individual, programmatic, and institutional characteristics that may facilitate or impair hospitalist involvement in quality improvement (QI) activities. The survey was sent to all individuals who participated in "hospitalist care" from January 2014 to February 2015, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. We conducted both quantitative and qualitative analysis of responses.

Results

We received 57 complete responses to the survey of 322 invited individuals (17.7% response rate). Of thes

SUBMITTER: Yousefi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335784 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature