A Study of the Impact of the Use of General Practice Computer Systems on the Ordering of Pathology, Year Ending December 2001
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D. Data Outputs
D1 Data outputs
What are the principal outputs or data items to be produced? (D1)
Note. Refers to the main data items to be produced by the survey (eg turnover of business, satisfaction with a government program the business is participating in), how they will be cross-classified (eg by geography, industry, size, sector of business, etc) -- this could be in the form of a list of tables.
Data Outputs
- Years in practice of GPs;
- Years in practice of GPs;
- Practice type;
- Use of computer software in ordering;
- Proportions of pathology tests requested using computer and manual systems;
- Self assessed proficiency in use of computerised requesting software;
- Use of software to generate short cuts or batteries of tests;
- Point in time when computerised system was taken up;
- Point in time when doctor assessed self as proficient in software use;
- GP rating of the ease of ordering with software;
- GP self assessment of change in pathology requesting levels;
- GP self assessment of the impact of any change on patient care outcomes.
- Practice type;
- Use of computer software in ordering;
- Proportions of pathology tests requested using computer and manual systems;
- Self assessed proficiency in use of computerised requesting software;
- Use of software to generate short cuts or batteries of tests;
- Point in time when computerised system was taken up;
- Point in time when doctor assessed self as proficient in software use;
- GP rating of the ease of ordering with software;
- GP self assessment of change in pathology requesting levels;
- GP self assessment of the impact of any change on patient care outcomes;
- GP ratings of the impacts of the following factors on pathology requesting practice;
- Medico-Legal considerations;
- Patient demand;
- Practice approach;
- Business and marketing considerations;
- Health bureaucracy and administrative requirements;
- Ease of ordering/requesting;
- Promotion or advice from pathology practices;
- Other considerations to be specified by the GP.
- GP ratings of the impacts of the following factors on pathology requesting practice Medico-Legal considerations;
- Patient demand;
- Practice approach;
- Business and marketing considerations;
- Health bureaucracy and administrative requirements;
- Ease of ordering/requesting;
- Promotion or advice from pathology practices;
- Other considerations to be specified by the GP.
In addition, the questionnaire seeks consent from the GP for the Health Insurance Commission to release Medicare pathology utilisation data for the period 01 January 1999 to 31 December 2001
Cross Classifications
Basic cross classifications of practice type, years in practice and use of computer software will be used descriptively to assess the sample.
All data derived will be considered against Medicare utilisation data once obtained in order to test relative impact of attitude, stated behaviour practice type and years in practice on any casewise change in requests per incident (patient visit).
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D2 Use of standards
What consideration has been given to the use of standards? Please specify. (D2)
Note. Should include standard data items (such as employment, housing, etc) and standard classifications (such as industry, geography, commodity, etc.). Should not include market research processing standards (see I2).
The study focuses on a well defined group of respondents. Accordingly, the results of previous studies of this group conducted by IRIS Research were used to develop classifications specific to this group.
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D3 Data consistency
What consideration has been given to making data item definitions consistent between repeats of this survey or across other surveys? (D3)
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