Understanding accreditation standards in general practice - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accreditation is a widely adopted tool for quality control and quality improvement in health care, which has increasingly been employed for general practice. However, there is lack of knowledge of how accreditation is received and experienced by health professionals in general practice. This study explores how general practitioners (GPs) and their staff experienced the comprehensibility of accreditation standards and how they worked to increase their understanding of the standards. The study was conducted in Denmark where accreditation was mandatory in general practice from 2016 to 2018.

Methods

The study consists of qualitative interviews with general practitioners and staff from 11 general practices that were strategically sampled among practices set to receive

SUBMITTER: Due TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354356 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature