Table 2 General practitioners’ sources of information on quality at hospital departments (number and share of 240 GPs)
Source of information | Number and share of respondents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
All GPs | Female GPs | Male GPs | |
Patients’ comments on the department | 160 (66%) | 51 (68%) | 109 (66%) |
Other GPs’ comments on the department | 131 (54%) | 42 (56%) | 89 (54%) |
Patients’ comments on the hospital | 128 (53%) | 40 (53%) | 88 (53%) |
The GP’s acquaintance with hospital personnel | 91 (38%) | 23 (31%) | 68 (41%) |
Other GPs’ comments on the hospital | 89 (37%) | 31 (41%) | 58 (35%) |
Official information from the department | 85 (35%) | 39 (52%)**** | 46 (28%)**** |
Clinical reports from different departments | 74 (31%) | 23 (31%) | 51 (31%) |
Information meetings in hospital departments | 74 (31%) | 23 (31%) | 51 (31%) |
Official information from the hospital | 71 (30%) | 32 (42%)** | 39 (23%)** |
The GP’s trainee experience at the hospital | 54 (22%) | 21 (28%) | 33 (20%) |
The GP’s trainee experience at the department | 47 (20%) | 16 (21%) | 31 (19%) |
The hospital’s description of its quality standards | 7 (3%) | 4 (5%) | 3 (2%) |
The department’s description of its quality standards | 6 (3%) | 3 (4%) | 3 (2%) |
Media reports about the hospital | 5 (2%) | 3 (4%) | 2 (1%) |
Media reports about the department | 4 (2%) | 2 (3%) | 2 (1%) |
Number of sources ticked off by the GPs | 1,027 | 354 | 673 |
Number of respondents | 240 | 75 | 165 |
Sources/respondent | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 |