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Family Practice Vol. 13, No. 3, 254-258
© Oxford University Press 1996

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Factors predicting differences among general practitioners in test ordering behaviour and in the response to feedback on test requests

Annemiek MA Bugter-Maessen, Ron AG Winkens, Richard PTM Grol*, J André Knottnerus*, Arnold DM Kester**, George HMI Beusmans* and Peter Pop

Diagnostic Co-ordinating Centre Maastricht
*Department of General Practice, University of Limburg Maastricht
**Department of Methodology and Statistics, University of Limburg Maastricht, The Netherlands

Correspondence to RAG Winkens, Diagnostic Co-ordinating Centre Maastricht, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.

BACKGROUND: In a population of 85 general practitioners diagnostic test ordering behaviour has been changed by means of repeated individual feedback provided since 1985.

OBJECTIVES: We studied practitioner and practice characteristics which may explain differences in test ordering behaviour and in the extent to which general practitioners tend to change their behaviour according to the feedback.

METHOD: In order to trace such variables, 75 general practitioners were interviewed. In our study request data from individual general practitioners were related to data from several questionnaires.

RESULTS: We found no practice characteristics which were of influence on the number of test requests by the general practitioner. Explanatory practitioner characteristics for this were found to be years of experience and working hours per week in practice.

CONCLUSIONS: More years of experience as a general practitioner and a shorter duration of consultations correlated with a better response to advice given in the feedback.

Keywords. Feedback, test ordering behaviour, practice characteristics, practitioner characteristics.


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