QUALICOPC, a multi-country study evaluating quality, costs and equity in primary care
Background: The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study aims to evaluate the performance of primary care systems in Europe in terms of quality, equity and costs. The study will provide an answer to the question what strong primary care systems entail and which effects primary c...
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:1946073 2023-10-01T03:56:59+02:00 QUALICOPC, a multi-country study evaluating quality, costs and equity in primary care Schäfer, Willemijn LA Boerma, Wienke GW Kringos, Dionne S De Maeseneer, Jan Greß, Stefan Heinemann, Stephanie Rotar-Pavlic, Danica Seghieri, Chiara Švab, Igor Van den Berg, Michael J Vainieri, Milena Westert, Gert P Willems, Sara Groenewegen, Peter P 2011 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1946073 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1946073 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-115 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1946073/file/6762779 eng eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/242141 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1946073 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1946073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-115 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1946073/file/6762779 No license (in copyright) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess BMC FAMILY PRACTICE ISSN: 1471-2296 Medicine and Health Sciences journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-115 2023-09-06T22:28:13Z Background: The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study aims to evaluate the performance of primary care systems in Europe in terms of quality, equity and costs. The study will provide an answer to the question what strong primary care systems entail and which effects primary care systems have on the performance of health care systems. QUALICOPC is funded by the European Commission under the “Seventh Framework Programme”. In this article the background and design of the QUALICOPC study is described. Methods/design: QUALICOPC started in 2010 and will run until 2013. Data will be collected in 31 European countries (27 EU countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey) and in Australia, Israel and New Zealand. This study uses a three level approach of data collection: the system, practice and patient. Surveys will be held among general practitioners (GPs) and their patients, providing evidence at the process and outcome level of primary care. These surveys aim to gain insight in the professional behaviour of GPs and the expectations and actions of their patients. An important aspect of this study is that each patient’s questionnaire can be linked to their own GP’s questionnaire. To gather data at the structure or national level, the study will use existing data sources such as the System of Health Accounts and the Primary Health Care Activity Monitor Europe (PHAMEU) database. Analyses of the data will be performed using multilevel models. Discussion: By its design, in which different data sources are combined for comprehensive analyses, QUALICOPC will advance the state of the art in primary care research and contribute to the discussion on the merit of strengthening primary care systems and to evidence based health policy development. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Ghent University Academic Bibliography New Zealand Norway BMC Family Practice 12 1 |
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Background: The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study aims to evaluate the performance of primary care systems in Europe in terms of quality, equity and costs. The study will provide an answer to the question what strong primary care systems entail and which effects primary care systems have on the performance of health care systems. QUALICOPC is funded by the European Commission under the “Seventh Framework Programme”. In this article the background and design of the QUALICOPC study is described. Methods/design: QUALICOPC started in 2010 and will run until 2013. Data will be collected in 31 European countries (27 EU countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey) and in Australia, Israel and New Zealand. This study uses a three level approach of data collection: the system, practice and patient. Surveys will be held among general practitioners (GPs) and their patients, providing evidence at the process and outcome level of primary care. These surveys aim to gain insight in the professional behaviour of GPs and the expectations and actions of their patients. An important aspect of this study is that each patient’s questionnaire can be linked to their own GP’s questionnaire. To gather data at the structure or national level, the study will use existing data sources such as the System of Health Accounts and the Primary Health Care Activity Monitor Europe (PHAMEU) database. Analyses of the data will be performed using multilevel models. Discussion: By its design, in which different data sources are combined for comprehensive analyses, QUALICOPC will advance the state of the art in primary care research and contribute to the discussion on the merit of strengthening primary care systems and to evidence based health policy development. |
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Schäfer, Willemijn LA Boerma, Wienke GW Kringos, Dionne S De Maeseneer, Jan Greß, Stefan Heinemann, Stephanie Rotar-Pavlic, Danica Seghieri, Chiara Švab, Igor Van den Berg, Michael J Vainieri, Milena Westert, Gert P Willems, Sara Groenewegen, Peter P |
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