Efficiency of the implementation of cardiovascular risk management in primary care practices: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to document the variation in technical efficiency of primary care (PC) practices in delivering evidence-based cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) and to identify associated factors.

Methods

This observational study was based on the follow-up measurements in a cluster randomized trial. Patients were recruited from 41 general practices in the Netherlands, involving 106 GPs and 1671 patients. Data on clinical performance were collected from patient records. The analysis focused on PC practices and used a two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Bias-corrected DEA technical efficiency scores for each PC practice were generated, followed by regression analysis with practice efficiency as outcomes and organizational features of general prac

SUBMITTER: Adang EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4866077 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature