Declining Participation in Primary Care Quality Improvement Research: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There are numerous supportive quality improvement (QI) projects to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based practices in primary care, but recruiting physician practices to join these projects is challenging, costly, and time consuming. We aimed to identify factors leading primary care practices to decline participation in QI projects, and strategies to improve the feasibility and attractiveness of QI projects in the future.

Methods

For this qualitative study, we contacted 109 representatives of practices that had declined participation in 1 of 4 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded EvidenceNOW projects. The representatives were invited to participate in a 15-minute interview or complete a 5-question questionnaire. Thematic analysis was used to or

SUBMITTER: McHugh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10519762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature