Almost half of the Danish general practitioners have negative a priori attitudes towards a mandatory accreditation programme

Frans Boch Waldorff; Dagny Ros Nicolaisdottir; Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard; Susanne Reventlow; Jens Søndergaard; Thorkil Thorsen; Merethe Kirstine Andersen; Line Bjørnskov Pedersen; Louise Bisgaard; Cecilie Lybeck Hutters; Flemming Bro

Almost half of the Danish general practitioners have negative a priori attitudes towards a mandatory accreditation programme

Frans Boch Waldorff, Dagny Ros Nicolaisdottir, Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard, Susanne Reventlow, Jens Søndergaard, Thorkil Thorsen, Merethe Kirstine Andersen, Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Louise Bisgaard, Cecilie Lybeck Hutters, Flemming Bro

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INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to analyse Danish general practitioners’ (GPs) a priori attitudes and expectations towards a nationwide mandatory accreditation programme. METHODS: This study is based on a nationwide electronic survey comprising all Danish GPs (n = 3,403). RESULTS: A total of 1,906 (56%) GPs completed the questionnaire. In all, 861 (45%) had a negative attitude towards accreditation, whereas 429 (21%) were very positive or positive. The negative attitudes towards accreditation were associated with being older, male and with working in a singlehanded practice. A regional difference was observed as well. GPs with negative expectations were more likely to agree that accreditation was a tool meant for external control (odds ratio (OR) = 1.87 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18-2.95)), less likely to agree that accreditation was a tool for quality improvement (OR = 0.018 (95% CI: 0.013-0.025)), more likely to agree that it would affect job satisfaction negatively (OR = 21.88 (95% CI: 16.10-29.72)), and they were generally less satisfied with their present job situation (OR = 2.51 (95% CI: 1.85-3.41)). CONCLUSION: Almost half of the GPs had negative attitudes towards accreditation.

Original language	English
Article number	A5266
Journal	Danish Medical Journal
Volume	63
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISSN	2245-1919
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

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Waldorff, F. B., Nicolaisdottir, D. R., Kousgaard, M. B., Reventlow, S., Søndergaard, J., Thorsen, T., Andersen, M. K., Pedersen, L. B., Bisgaard, L., Hutters, C. L., & Bro, F. (2016). Almost half of the Danish general practitioners have negative a priori attitudes towards a mandatory accreditation programme. Danish Medical Journal, 63(9), 1-5. Article A5266. http://www.danmedj.dk/portal/page/portal/danmedj.dk/dmj_forside/PAST_ISSUE/2016/DMJ_2016_09/A5266

Waldorff, FB , Nicolaisdottir, DR , Kousgaard, MB , Reventlow, S, Søndergaard, J, Thorsen, T, Andersen, MK, Pedersen, LB, Bisgaard, L, Hutters, CL & Bro, F 2016, 'Almost half of the Danish general practitioners have negative a priori attitudes towards a mandatory accreditation programme', Danish Medical Journal, vol. 63, no. 9, A5266, pp. 1-5. <http://www.danmedj.dk/portal/page/portal/danmedj.dk/dmj_forside/PAST_ISSUE/2016/DMJ_2016_09/A5266>

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