Data for: “Adoption of C-reactive protein rapid tests in primary care in the Netherlands and England: a comparative health systems analysis” – User Guide

Permanent identifier

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002758

Description

This qualitative dataset was produced as part of a study to understand the factors that contribute to high versus low availability of C-reactive protein point-of-care tests (CRP POCTs) in two countries with different levels of availability (the Netherlands and England), and to explore whether the tests are used on children. The dataset contains extracts from stakeholder interviews and document analysis performed in relation to these two countries.

Data collection methods

We conducted a comparative qualitative analysis of the implementation of CRP POCTs in the Netherlands and England. These countries were selected because the availability of CRP POCTs in primary care is estimated to be 80% and 15%, respectively. Data were collected through document analysis and interviews of stakeholders. Documents were identified by a scoping literature review, search of websites, and through the stakeholders. Stakeholders were sampled purposively initially, and then by snowballing.

Documents:

• Scoping review of the literature by searching Pubmed and Google on the following topics: epidemiology of febrile children; the clinical performance, clinical effectiveness, and cost effectiveness of CRP POCTs; the adoption of the test in the two countries; and the main characteristics of the countries’ health systems.
• Search of the websites of relevant healthcare organisations (including GP practices; clinical commissioning groups; professional associations of clinicians and industry; clinical guidelines development bodies; local, national, and European health authorities; independent bodies advising these authorities; independent bodies assessing healthcare interventions; health insurance companies; and the in-vitro diagnostics industry
• Via the interviewees and through attendance of relevant seminars and conferences

Interviews:

• Face-to-face
• CAPI

Data analysis and preparation

The documents and interview transcripts were analysed thematically. The analysis was deductive based on the seven domains of the non-adoption, abandonment, spread, scale-up and sustainability framework:

1. The condition or illness
2. The technology
3. The value of the innovation for developers and users
4. The adopters and whether the innovation implied a change in their identity and practices
5. The organisations where the innovation is implemented, whether they are ready for this innovation, how the innovation changes the organisations’ routines, and the work needed to adopt, fund, and normalise the innovation
6. The wider context including the policy and regulatory contexts, the role of professional bodies and interorganisational networking
7. The adaptation of the innovation, its use, and the organisations over time

Geographic regions

• England, United Kingdom
• The Netherlands

Key dates

• Data Collection Period: 1 March 2019 - 31 August 2021
• Submission to repository: 8 February 2022
• First version of dataset submitted to repository: 8 February 2022
• Second version of dataset submitted to repository: 14 February 2022

Population

Human population

Privacy

The interview transcripts, the extracts collated in the matrix and presented in the manuscript were anonymised.

There was no anonymisation of the data obtained from documents because all documents are available in the public domain.

Ethics

Keywords

Comparative health systems analysis, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Acute childhood infections

Language of written material

English

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