Establishing primary care physician commitment in Canadian long-term care homes: a protocol for a modified e-Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The delivery of medical services by primary care physicians (PCPs) in long-term care (LTC) homes lacks consistency. There is no Canadian standard for PCP commitment in the LTC home setting, which can influence the quality of care delivered and resident health outcomes. The PCP's commitment to LTC practice is theorised as the proportion of a physician's practice dedicated to LTC, the number of residents for whom they provide care and the time spent on individual resident encounters. We aim to establish consensus on expectations concerning PCP commitment in Canadian LTC homes.

Methods and analysis

We describe a protocol for a two-round modified e-Delphi study assessing the consensus of an expert panel, guided by the RAND methodological guidance for conducting Delp

SUBMITTER: Dash D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808892 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature