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Accreditation in general practice in Denmark: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
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The Effectiveness of a Nationwide Mandatory Accreditation in General Practice in Denmark: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- How Does ISO 15189 Laboratory Accreditation Support the Delivery of Healthcare in Ethiopia? A Systematic Review.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Does accreditation of general practice promote patient-reported quality of care? A natural cluster randomised experiment.BMJ open · 2020Trial
- Accreditation of primary health care centres in the KSA: Lessons from developed and developing countries.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Article
- Accreditation of Quality in Primary Health Care in Chile: Perception of the Teams from Accredited Family Healthcare Centers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Implementation of healthcare accreditation in Danish general practice: a questionnaire study exploring general practitioners' perspectives on external support.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2021Article
- Experiences of accreditation impact in general practice - a qualitative study among general practitioners and their staff.BMC family practice · 2019Article
- A process for developing standards to promote quality in general practice.Family practice · 2019Article
- Understanding accreditation standards in general practice - a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2019Article
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8 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundAccreditation is used increasingly in health systems worldwide. However, there is a lack of evidence on the effects of accreditation, particularly in general practice. In 2016 a mandatory accreditation scheme was initiated in Denmark, and during a 3-year period all practices, as default, should undergo accreditation according to the Danish Healthcare Quality Program. The aim of this study is primarily to evaluate the effects of a mandatory accreditation scheme. METHODS/
designThe study is conducted as a cluster-randomized controlled trial among 1252 practices (clusters) with 2211 general practitioners in Denmark. Practices allocated to accreditation in 2016 serve as the intervention group, and practices allocated to accreditation in 2018 serve as controls. The selected outcomes should meet the following criteria: (1) a high degree of clinical relevance; (2) the possibility to assess changes due to accreditation; (3) availability of data from registers with no self-reporting data. The primary outcome is the number of prescribed drugs in patients older than 65 years. Secondary outcomes are changes in outcomes related to other perspectives of safe medication, good clinical practice and mortality. All outcomes relate to quality indicators included in the Danish Healthcare Quality Program, which is based on general principles for accreditation. DISCUSSION: The consequences of accreditation and standard-setting processes are generally under-researched, particularly in general practice. This is the largest study in general practice with a randomized implementation approach to evaluate the clinical effects of a nation-wide mandatory accreditation scheme in general practice.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02762240 . Registered on 24 May 2016.
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