[Contract for improving professional practices: What is the impact perceived by GPs?]. / Le contrat d'amélioration des pratiques individuelles (CAPI) : quels impacts perçus par les médecins généralistes sur leurs pratiques ?

BACKGROUND: The CAPI (contract for improving professional practices) is a voluntary pay for performance scheme for primary care physicians introduced in France in 2009. Our objective was to analyze general practitioners' (GPs) perceptions of the impact of the CAPI on their healthcare practices. METHOD: The methodology was both qualitative, using thematic analysis of responses to three items of a questionnaire mailed to GPs in 2011, and quantitative using thematic multiple correspondence analysis of responses together with cluster analysis based on the ward aggregation criterion. RESULTS: A total of 1050 general practitioners answered, 31% had signed a CAPI. For CAPI-participating GPs, the contract was mostly related to changing practices for drug prescription. GPs who did not participate in the CAPI focused on ethical issues. They denounced a conflict of interest between the doctor and the patient and also the risk of patient selection. They connected these concepts to selected indicators. Due to their relationship with the health insurance fund, they feared their freedom of practice would be restricted. CONCLUSION: GP involvement in designing indicators would favor better balance between economic goals and values of care. The patients' viewpoint should be studied. Pay for performance has been renewed in the 2011. Further studies will analyze the impact of this new scheme in a medical and economic perspective.

[Identifying barriers to screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in general practice: Qualitative study of 14 general practitioners in Paris]. / Identification des freins au dépistage de l'anévrisme de l'aorte abdominale en médecine générale : étude qualitative auprès de 14 médecins généralistes exerçant à Paris.

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a silent pathology with often fatal consequences in case of rupture. AAA screening, recommended in France and many other countries, has shown its effectiveness in reducing specific mortality. However, AAA screening rate remains insufficient. OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers to AAA screening in general practice. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Qualitative study carried out during 2016 among general practitioners based in Paris. RESULTS: Fourteen physicians were included. Most of the barriers were related to the physician: unawareness about AAA and screening recommendations, considering AAA as a secondary question not discussed with the patient, abdominal aorta not included in cardiovascular assessment, no search for a familial history of AAA, AAA considered a question for the specialist, lack of time, lack of training, numerous screenings to propose, oversight. Some barriers are related to the patient: unawareness of the pathology and family history of AAA, refusal, questioning the pertinence of the doctor's comments, failure to respect the care pathway. Others are related to AAA: source of anxiety, low prevalence, rarity of complications. The remaining barriers are related to screening: cost-benefit and risk-benefit ratios, sonographer unavailability, constraint for the patient, overmedicalization. CONCLUSION: Information and training of general practitioners about AAA must be strengthened in order to optimize AAA screening and reduce specific mortality.