Effect of feedback on test ordering behaviour of general practitioners.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
To assess the effect of feedback on the test ordering behaviour of general practitioners. Comparison of requests at two diagnostic centres, and internal comparison between tests which were discussed in feedback and tests which were not. A diagnostic centre in Maastricht giving feedback and another elsewhere in the Netherlands (laboratory A) not giving feedback. All 85 general practitioners in the region of Maastricht, and all general practitioners in the region of laboratory A. Numbers of tests requested by general practitioners. Requests at the Maastricht diagnostic centre decreased soon after the onset of feedback whereas there was a persistent increase in requests at laboratory A. Tests that were discussed showed the strongest decrease (maximum 40%), though tests that were not discussed decreased as well (maximum 27%). Feedback on diagnostic requests may exert a strong influence on request behaviour. Four years after the onset of feedback the effects were still noticeable.
Medical subject headings
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques
- Decision Making
- Feedback
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'