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Primary care. Making their marker.

P Myers1

  • 1Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St Bartholomew's.

The Health Service Journal
|May 27, 1999
PubMed
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Current performance indicators are unreliable for assessing general practitioners (GPs). A more objective system, like the practice assessment visit for GP registrars, should be adopted, with data shared for peer comparison.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Management
  • General Practice

Background:

  • Current performance indicators for general practitioners (GPs) lack reliability.
  • Existing methods are insufficient for identifying underperforming GPs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of current performance indicators for GPs.
  • To identify more objective methods for assessing GP performance.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing performance indicator systems.
  • Evaluation of the practice assessment visit for GP registrars as a potential model.

Main Results:

  • Current performance indicators are not reliable for individual GP assessment.
  • The practice assessment visit for GP registrars demonstrates higher objectivity.

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Conclusions:

  • Existing performance indicators need revision due to unreliability.
  • Primary care groups should provide GPs with comparative practice data for self-assessment.