Use of interval based quality indicators in blood pressure management to enhance quality of pay for performance incentives: Comparison to two indicators from the Quality and Outcomes Framework

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Mabotuwana, Thusitha ^a   Warren, J ^a,c   Elley, C Raina ^b   Kennelly, John ^b   Paton, Chris ^a   Warren, Debra ^a   Wai, Kuinileti Chang ^b   Wells, Stewart ^c  

^a National Institute for Health Innovation/Section for Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (Denmark)

^b Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Long term care; Patient outcome assessment; QOF; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 77953206485     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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