The effects of pay for performance on disparities in stroke, hypertension, and coronary heart disease management: Interrupted time series study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Lee, John Tayu ^a   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455231490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027236     Document Type: Article

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