Perceptions of the uses of routine general practice data beyond individual care in England: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how different lay and professional groups perceive and understand the use of routinely collected general practice patient data for research, public health, service evaluation and commissioning.

Design, method, participants and setting

We conducted a multimethod, qualitative study. This entailed participant observation of the design and delivery of a series of deliberative engagement events about a local patient database made of routine primary care data. We also completed semistructured interviews with key professionals involved in the database. Qualitative data were thematically analysed. The research took place in an inner city borough in England.

Results

Of the community groups who participated in the six engagement events (111 individual c

SUBMITTER: Wyatt D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781155 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature