How do healthcare professionals make decisions concerning low-value care practices? Study protocol of a factorial survey experiment on de-implementation

Implementation Science Communications

Per Nilsen¹  Hanna Augustsson²  Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz²  Sara Ingvarsson²  Henna Hasson²  Marta Roczniewska² 

[1] Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Health and Society, Linköping University;Procome Research Group, Medical Management Centre, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet;

关键词: Low-value care;    De-implementation;    De-adoption;    Decision-making;    Factorial survey experiment;    Co-creation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s43058-021-00153-6

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background A large number of practices used in health care lack evidence of effectiveness and may be unnecessary or even cause harm. As such, they should be de-implemented. While there are multiple actors involved in de-implementation of such low-value care (LVC) practices, ultimately, the decision to abandon a practice is often made by each health care professional. A recent scoping review identified 6 types of factors affecting the utilization vs. abandonment of LVC practices. These factors concern health care professionals, patients, outer context, inner context, processes, and the characteristics of LVC practice itself. However, it is unclear how professionals weigh these different factors in and how these determinants influence their decisions about abandoning LVC practices. This project aims to investigate how health care professionals account for various factors as they make decisions regarding de-implementation of LVC practices. Methods This project will be carried out in two main steps. First, a factorial survey experiment (a vignette study) will be applied to empirically test the relevance of factors previously identified in the literature for health care professionals’ decision-making about de-implementation. Second, interactive workshops with relevant stakeholders will be carried out to develop a framework for professionals’ decision-making and to offer suggestions for interventions to support de-implementation of LVC practices. Discussion The project has the potential to contribute to improved understanding of the decision-making involved in de-implementation of LVC practices. We will identify which factors are more important when they make judgments about utilizing versus abandoning LVC practices. The results will provide the basis for recommendations concerning appropriate interventions to support de-implementation decision-making processes.

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