Influence of patient characteristics on preventive service delivery and general practitioners' preventive performance indicators: A study in patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus from Hungary.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regular primary healthcare (PHC) performance monitoring to produce a set of performance indicators for provider effectiveness is a fundamental method for improving guideline adherence but there are potential negative impacts of the inadequate application of this approach. Since performance indicators can reflect patient characteristics and working environments, as well as PHC team contributions, inadequate monitoring practices can reduce their effectiveness in the prevention of cardiometabolic disorders.

Objectives

To describe the influence of patients' characteristics on performance indicators of PHC preventive practices in patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus.

Methods

This cross-sectional analysis was based on a network of 165 collaborating GPs

SUBMITTER: Sandor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084504 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature