Quality of primary care in England with the introduction of pay for performance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-

  Campbell, Stephen ^a   Reeves, David ^a   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^a   Middleton, Elizabeth ^a   Sibbald, Bonnie ^a   Roland, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34447319145     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr065990     Document Type: Article

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