Domains | Items | Description | Dichotomisation |
---|---|---|---|
Meeting structure | Scheduled meetings | The occurrence of scheduled meetings (versus ad hoc conversations) | Scheduled meetings: Yes/no |
Interdisciplinary meetings | Frequency of GP and staff meetings: Weekly/monthly/quarterly/rarer/never | Weekly: Yes/no | |
GP meetings | Frequency of sole GP meetings: Weekly/monthly/quarterly/rarer/never | Weekly: Yes/no | |
Educational meetings | Frequency of meetings aimed at learning about a specific topic: Weekly/monthly/quarterly/rarer/never | Weekly: Yes/no | |
Formalised meetings | A formal agreement about agenda, mediator and/or minutes in relation to meetings. For each factor is stated: Always/often/sometimes/rarely/never | Always for all factors: Yes/no | |
Standardised processes of care | Practice protocols | The extent to which practice protocols are developed in the practice: In a range of areas of disease/in a few areas of disease/none at all | In a range of areas of disease: Yes/no |
Standard laboratory requisition formulas | The extent to which standard laboratory requisitions formulas are developed in the practice: In a range of areas of disease/in a few areas of disease/none at all | In a range of areas of disease: Yes/no | |
Standard phrases in the EMR | The extent to which standard phrases in the EMR are developed in the practice: In a range of areas of disease/in a few areas of disease/none at all | In a range of areas of disease: Yes/no | |
Task differentiation among GPs | Responsibilities for medical update | The extent to which responsibilities regarding medical update (on for instance COPD, DM and IHD) are based on a formal agreement in the practice: yes/informal/no | Formal agreement: Yes/no |
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. DM = diabetes mellitus. EMR = electronic medical record. IHD = ischemic heart disease.