Participation of general practitioners in disease management: experiences from the Netherlands | Zendy

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Participation of general practitioners in disease management: experiences from the Netherlands

Author(s) -

Lotte Steuten,

Hubertus JM Vrijhoef,

Cor Spreeuwenberg,

Godefridus G. van Merode

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

international journal of integrated care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 1568-4156

DOI - 10.5334/ijic.49

Subject(s) - disease management , global positioning system , interview , reimbursement , incentive , quality (philosophy) , disease , medicine , health management system , family medicine , psychology , health care , applied psychology , alternative medicine , computer science , telecommunications , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , political science , economics , law , microeconomics , economic growth

Objective: To investigate the extent to which GPs in the Netherlands participate in disease management and how personal opinions, impeding and promoting incentives as well as physician characteristics influence their attitude towards disease management. Methods: The attitude-model of Fishbein and Ajzen was used to describe the attitude of GPs towards disease management and main influencing factors. After interviewing seventeen representatives of the GPs and testing a questionnaire, the final questionnaire was sent to all GPs in the Netherlands (7680 GPs) barring those involved in the testing of the questionnaire. Results: At least 10.4% of all Dutch GPs are active in disease management. The main factors predicting a positive attitude towards disease management are the following: GPs' opinion that they are improving quality and efficiency of care when executing disease management, presence of a good quality network between actors involved prior to the start of disease management, working in a health centre, and performing sideline activities besides their daily activities as GPs. The main factors predicting a negative attitude are: GPs' opinion that the investment-time is too high, lack of reimbursement for disease management activities, working in a solo practice, and not performing any sideline activities beside their daily activities as GP. Conclusions: The factors predicting a negative attitude of Dutch GPs towards disease management dominate the factors predicting a positive attitude. The arguments in favour of disease management are matters of belief, for example concerning improvements in the quality of care, while arguments against are more concrete barriers e.g. high workload and financial reimbursement. Placed on the innovation timeline, the 10.4% participation might be taken to represent the start of a trend.

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