RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Can district-wide audits improve primary care epilepsy management? An audit of seizure frequency recording.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 229
OP 230
VO 50
IS 452
A1 J Hodgson
A1 G Beardmore
A1 W W Hall
YR 2000
UL http://bjgp.org/content/50/452/229.abstract
AB A district-wide epilepsy audit in general practice showed that levels of seizure frequency recording were too low to evaluate the quality of control of epilepsy. A repeat audit after multi-faceted interventions showed an improvement in seizure frequency recording of 13.2% (CI = 8.9 to 17.6) from 54.7% to 68%. This illustrates the difficulties of evaluating quality of care using routine records and the problems of implementing changes in general practice.