Effectiveness of a quality-improvement program in improving management of primary care practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The European Practice Assessment program provides feedback and outreach visits to primary care practices to facilitate quality improvement in five domains (infrastructure, people, information, finance, and quality and safety). We examined the effectiveness of this program in improving management in primary care practices in Germany, with a focus on the domain of quality and safety.

Methods

In a before-after study, 102 primary care practices completed a practice assessment using the European Practice Assessment instrument at baseline and three years later (intervention group). A comparative group of 102 practices was included that completed their first assessment using this instrument at the time of the intervention group's second assessment. Mean scores were based

SUBMITTER: Szecsenyi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3255110 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature