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Focus group research is a popular form of qualitative research in primary care research. Journals reporting qualitative research should require that certain basic information be present, thereby advancing the state of the art and permitting readers to better evaluate these articles.

Asthma guideline developers and those interested in enhancing compliance with recommendations will need to attend to factors such as physician attitudes and beliefs on a variety of issues, including the use of objective measures and the availability of adequate resources to conduct the tests. Similarly, negative patient attitudes toward an increased use of corticosteroids suggest that a public education program would be most helpful regarding that group of recommendations.

There is general support for this set of quality indicators, with the caveat that data should be carefully interpreted in the context of each community in which they are applied.

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