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Understanding practice from the ground up.

B F Crabtree1, W L Miller, K C Stange

  • 1UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, Department of Family Medicine, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, MEB 242, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0019, USA. Crabtrbf@umdnj.edu

The Journal of Family Practice
|October 25, 2001
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This study used intensive observation to understand primary care practices, revealing detailed insights into patient care and practice operations for improved healthcare delivery.

Area of Science:

  • Primary Care Research
  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Practice Analysis

Background:

  • Understanding family practices requires in-depth observation of the practice environment and patient care.
  • Previous research focused on preventive service delivery, necessitating a ground-up examination of practice dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively understand family practices through direct observation.
  • To gain insights into practice environments and patient care activities.
  • To explore physician- and practice-level delivery of preventive services.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a comparative case study design with 18 purposefully selected family practices.
  • Employed extended direct observation, interviews, and medical record review over 4-12 weeks per practice.

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  • Integrated complexity science concepts and a multimethod assessment process (MAP).

    • Main Results:

    • The multimethod assessment process (MAP) yielded rich data on practice organization and patient care.
    • Quantitative data documented the delivery of evidence-based preventive services at physician and practice levels.
    • Insights from initial data collection guided subsequent analysis and research design.

    Conclusions:

    • The multimethod assessment process (MAP) effectively described primary care practice facets.
    • The study facilitated testing hypotheses and discovering new insights grounded in participant experiences.
    • This approach fostered a collaborative model for practice-based research and change.