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Table 2 Summary of findings

From: Challenges to ensuring valid and useful waiting time monitoring – a qualitative study in Swedish specialist care

Themes

Subthemes

Defining the experience of...

Interconnection of validity and usefulness

 

how the value of a registry is determined by validity and usefulness

 

Low usefulness of system output

usage of system output and suggestions for increased usefulness

 

Low perceived validity of system output

perceived validity of waiting time data

 

Self-reinforcing validity and usefulness

mechanisms for interaction of perceived validity and usefulness

Structural barriers to validity

 

errors in data caused by health care system structure

 

Technical errors

errors in data caused by technical system, registry categories or technical system design.

 

Procedural errors

errors in data caused by the structure of routines and care processes

 

Errors due to roles and responsibilities

errors in data caused by role divisions between actors and self-perceived/explicit job descriptions.

Cognitive barriers to validity

 

errors in data caused by cognitive operations

 

Misinterpretation of guidelines

error in data caused by misunderstanding or conscious misinterpretation of guidelines

 

Interpretations of nonregulated cases

error in data caused by behaviors in situations not covered by the guidelines

 

Manipulation as strategy

error in data caused by conscious sidestepping of guidelines to gain advantages