Optimising the secondary use of primary care prescribing data to improve quality of care: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore available data sources, secondary uses and key considerations for optimising the actionability of primary care prescribing data to improve quality of care in the Dutch context.

Design

An exploratory qualitative study was undertaken based on semi-structured interviews. We anchored our investigation around three tracer prescription types: antibiotics; benzodiazepines and opioids. Descriptive and explanatory themes were derived from interview data using thematic analysis.

Setting

Stakeholders were sampled from across the micro (clinical), meso (organisational) and macro (policy) contexts of the Dutch primary care system.

Participants

The study involved 28 informants representing general practitioners (GPs), community pharmacists, regional chr

SUBMITTER: Barbazza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature