Reducing musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging requests in general practice

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Public Health - Health service research; low back conditions; neck conditions; shoulder conditions; hip conditions; knee conditions; ankle/hind foot conditions; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001503112
• Lead Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-10-31
• Study Completion: 2021-08-08
• Last Update Posted: 27 June 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3819

Inclusion Criteria

General practitioners (GPs) practising in Australia, who are in the top 20% of GP requesters for 11 targeted musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging services and in the top 20% of requesters for at least 4 individual items. Targeted diagnostic imaging are: 1) Low back CT, 2) Low back x-ray, 3) Neck CT, 4) Neck x-ray, 5) Neck MRI, 6) Shoulder x-ray, 7) Shoulder ultrasound, 8) Hip x-ray, 9) Hip ultrasound, 10) Knee x-ray, 11) Ankle/hind foot ultrasound. Only diagnostic imaging requests that lead to a service being rendered by a radiologist and for which a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) claim is made are in scope.

Exclusion Criteria

1. GPs with <1000 Category 1 services .
2. GPs who did not make any in-scope diagnostic imaging requests within the nominated 12-month period (1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018).
3. GPs who participated in user testing of the intervention
4. GPs who are currently or have been involved in a Department of Health compliance activity within the past 12 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified