Variations in policies for accessing elective musculoskeletal procedures in the English National Health Service: A documentary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The overall aim of this study was to investigate how commissioning policies for accessing clinical procedures compare in the context of the English National Health Service. Our primary objective was to compare policy wording and categorise any variations identified. Our secondary objective was to explore how any points of variation relate to national guidance.

Methods

This study entailed documentary analysis of commissioning policies that stipulated criteria for accessing eight elective musculoskeletal procedures. For each procedure, we retrieved policies held by regions with higher and lower rates of clinical activity relative to the national average. Policies were subjected to content and thematic analysis, using constant comparison techniques. Matrices an

SUBMITTER: Rooshenas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277328 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature