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[Do physicians know and use mandatory quality reports?].

P Hermeling1, M Geraedts

  • 1Institut für Gesundheitssystemforschung, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Germany. peter.hermeling@uni-wh.de

Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband Der Arzte Des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
|August 7, 2012
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Summary

Germany

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Physicians are key to patient referral decisions.
  • Mandatory hospital quality reports aim to inform these decisions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess physician awareness and utilization of Germany's mandatory hospital quality reports.
  • To identify factors influencing report awareness and use.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective observational study.
  • Structured telephone interviews with 300 ambulatory care physicians in Germany.
  • Binary regression analysis to explore demographic and practice-related correlations.

Main Results:

  • Less than 50% of physicians were aware of the quality reports.

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  • Younger physicians showed higher awareness but not necessarily higher utilization.
  • Only 10% used reports for patient counseling; 14% combined with online guides.

    • Conclusions:

    • Germany's mandatory hospital quality reports have limited impact on physician patient counseling.
    • Low awareness and utilization hinder the reports' role in guiding hospital care choices.