Quality in primary care commissioning

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 367-372

  Lewis, Richard Q ^a   Gillam, Stephen J ^b,c  

^a KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b Addenbrooke's Hospital ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning; Fundholding; General practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 38049174571     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Secretaries of State for Health. Working for Patients. Cm 555. London: HMSO, 1989.
2. Arrow KJ. Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care. American Economic Review 1963;53:941-73.
3. Roche B. PCTs: An unfinished agenda. London: Institute for Public Policy Research, 2004.
4. Goodwin N. GP fundholding. In: Le Grand J, Mays N and Mulligan J (eds) Learning from the NHS Internal Market. London: King's Fund, 1998, pp.43-68.
5. Lewis R. Practice Led Commissioning, Harnessing the Power of the Primary Care Front Line. London: King's Fund, 2004.
6. Department of Health. Practice-Based Commissioning: Engaging practices in commissioning. London: DoH, 2004.
7. Department of Health. Health Reform in England: Update and commissioning framework. London: Department of Health, 2006.
8. Smith JA, Mays N, Dixon J et al. A Review of the Effectiveness of Primary Care-led Commissioning and its Place in the UK NHS. London: The Health Foundation, 2004.
9. Mays N, Mulligan J-A and Goodwin N. The British quasi market in health care: A balance sheet of the evidence. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2000;5:49-58.
10. Dusheiko M, Gravelle H, Jacobs R and Smith P. The effect of financial incentives on gatekeeping doctors; evidence from a natural experiment. Journal of Health Economics 2006;23:449-78.
11. Dusheiko M, Gravelle H and Jacobs R. The effect of practice budgets on patient waiting times: Allowing for selection bias. Health Economics 2004;13:941-58.
12. Mays N, Wyke S, Malbon G and Goodwin N (eds). The Purchasing of Health Care by Primary Care Organisations: An evaluation and guide to future policy. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2001.
13. Roland M and Coulter A (eds). Hospital Referrals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
14. Dusheiko M, Gravelle H and Yu N. The Impact of Budgets for Gatekeeping Physicians on Patient Satisfaction: Evidence from fundholding. CHE Technical Paper Series 30. York: University of York, Centre for Health Economics, 2004.
15. Audit Commission. Fundholding: The main report. London: Audit Commission, 1996.
16. Douglas H, Humphrey C, Lloyd M et al. Promoting clinically effective practice: Attitudes of general practitioners to the role of commissioning. Journal of Management in Medicine 1997;11:26-34.
17. Goodwin N. Developing effective joint commissioning between health and social care: Prospects for the future based on lessons from the past. Journal of Care Services Management 2007;1:279-93.
18. Smith JA, Lewis R and Harrison T. Making Commissioning Effective in the Reformed NHS in England. London: Health Policy Forum, 2006.
19. Bojke C, Gravelle H and Wilkin D. Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts? BMJ 2001;322:599-602.
20. Lewis R. Back to the future. BMJ 2004;329:932.
21. Goodwin N, Abbott S, Baxter K et al. The Dynamics of Primary Care Commissioning: A close up of total purchasing pilots - analysis and implications of eleven case studies. London: King's Fund, 2000.
22. Lewis R, Curry N and Dixon M. Practice Based Commissioning - from good idea to effective practice. London: King's Fund, 2007. www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/kings_fund_publications/ practicebased.htm (accessed 17 September 2007).
23. Davies H, Powell A and Rushmer R. Healthcare Professionals' Views on Clinician Engagement in Quality Improvement. A literature review. Universities of Dundee and St Andrew's. London: The Health Foundation, 2007.
24. Robinson R and Hayter P. Why do General Practitioners Choose Not to Apply for Fundholding? Southampton: Institute of Health Policy Studies, 1995.
25. Roland M. Linking physician's pay to the quality of care - a major experiment in the United Kingdom. New England Journal of Medicine 2004;351:1448-54.
26. Marshall M and Harrison S. It's about more than money: Financial incentives and internal motivation. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2005;14:4-5.
27. Department of Health. Commissioning Framework for Health and Well-being. London: Department of Health, 2007.
28. NHS Executive. Towards a Primary Care-led NHS: An accountability framework for GP fundholding. EL(94092) Leeds: NHS Executive, 1994.