From: Evaluation of intermediate care for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a mixed-methods study
Practice A | Practice B | Practice C | |
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Target group | Patients with musculoskeletal complaints who would normally be referred to secondary care | 1) Patients with suspected knee or hip osteoarthritis 2) Patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis aged 50 and older that do not qualify for surgery and patients who do not sufficiently respond to non-surgical treatment in primary care | Patients with musculoskeletal complaints who would normally be referred to secondary care |
Area | Urban | Rural | Urban |
Healthcare providers in intermediate care consultation | Orthopaedist, sometimes together with a GP | Joint consultation by a GP and orthopaedist | Orthopaedist |
Total number of healthcare providers involved in the project | One GP and one orthopaedist | Three GPs, two orthopaedists, and one healthcare manager | Two GPs and one orthopaedist |
Scale of project | One general practice with one orthopaedist | Two general practices; one orthopaedist within each practice | One general practice with one orthopaedist |
Participated in following programme evaluation parts | Semi-structured interviews, patient-level referral data and patient-reported experience measures | Semi-structured interviews, patient-level referral data and experience measures | Patient-level referral data |
Data that had already been collected by the practice before the start of this evaluation study | Patient-reported experience measures (patient satisfaction) | Patient-reported experience measures (patient satisfaction) | - |