The usage of data in NHS primary care commissioning: a realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve health outcomes and address mounting costs pressures, policy-makers have encouraged primary care commissioners in the British National Health Service (NHS) to increase the usage of data in decision-making. However, there exists limited research on this topic. In this study, we aimed to understand how and why primary care commissioners use data (i.e. quantitative, statistical information) to inform commissioning, and what outcomes this leads to.

Methods

A realist evaluation was completed to create context-mechanism-outcome configurations (CMOs) relating to the contexts influencing the usage of data in primary care commissioning. Using a realist logic of analysis and drawing on substantive theories, we analysed qualitative content from 30 interviews and 5

SUBMITTER: Jager A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720102 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature