The UK Quality and Outcomes Framework pay-for-performance scheme and spirometry: Rewarding quality or just quantity? A cross-sectional study in Rotherham, UK
AGED;
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION;
ARTICLE;
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE;
CONTROLLED STUDY;
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY;
DISEASE SEVERITY;
FEMALE;
GENERAL PRACTICE;
GENERAL PRACTITIONER;
HUMAN;
MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;
MALE;
MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW;
PHYSICIAN INCOME;
QUALITY CONTROL;
QUALITY OF LIFE;
REGISTER;
SPIROMETRY;
TASK PERFORMANCE;
UNITED KINGDOM;
EPIDEMIOLOGY;
HEALTH CARE QUALITY;
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;
REIMBURSEMENT;
STANDARD;
AGED;
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES;
FEMALE;
GREAT BRITAIN;
HEALTH CARE SURVEYS;
HUMANS;
MALE;
PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS;
PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;
REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;
SPIROMETRY;
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