Qualitative evaluation of a local coronary heart disease treatment pathway: practical implications and theoretical framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a common medical problem in general practice. Due to its chronic character, shared care of the patient between general practitioner (GP) and cardiologist (C) is required. In order to improve the cooperation between both medical specialists for patients with CHD, a local treatment pathway was developed. The objective of this study was first to evaluate GPs' opinions regarding the pathway and its practical implications, and secondly to suggest a theoretical framework of the findings by feeding the identified key factors influencing the pathway implementation into a multi-dimensional model.

Methods

The evaluation of the pathway was conducted in a qualitative design on a sample of 12 pathway developers (8 GPs and 4 cardiologists) and 4

SUBMITTER: Kramer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3489869 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature