Impact of the pay-for-performance contract and themanagement of hypertension in Scottish primary care: A 6-year population-based repeated cross-sectional study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 588, 2011, Pages

  Simpson, Colin R ^e   Hannaford, Philip C ^a   Ritchie, Lewis D ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^c   Williams, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Disease management; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Pay for performance; Prescriptions; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 83355164335     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X583407     Document Type: Article

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