Table 2 Secondary outcome measures and process evaluation
Measure | |
|---|---|
Secondary outcome measures | |
Appropriateness of prescribing, individual components | -Prevalence of PIM and PPO per criterion |
Medication use | -Number of medications per NHR -Classes of medications used (ATC level 2 and 3) |
Clinical outcomes | -Death -Hospital admissions -Visits to an emergency department -Visits to the GP and to specialist physicians |
Outcomes of case conferences | -Type of identified DRPs -Type of planned interventions -Mean/median number of DRPs identified per NHR -Proportion of interventions implemented at the next case conference |
Cost | -Cost of medication -Cost of healthcare use (hospital admissions, visits to the emergency department, GP visits, consultation with specialists) -Cost of intervention |
Process evaluation | |
Training | -Dose (number of module per profession,…) -Reach (rate of participation,…) -Experience with intervention (satisfaction survey) |
Local concertation | -Fidelity (percentage of NHs that organised 2 local concertations,…) -Dose (number of local concertations per NH) -Reach (number of participating GPs who attended local concertation,…) -Experience with intervention (semi-structured interviews and focus groups) |
Interdisciplinary case conferences | -Fidelity (percentage of NHRs for which 3 interdisciplinary case conferences were conducted,…) -Dose (median number of case conferences per NHR,…) -Reach (who attended case conferences,…) -Experience with intervention (semi-structured interviews and focus groups) |
Context of the NH | -Characteristics of NHs and HCPs -Context in which the intervention is being implemented (semi-structured interviews) |