Long-term evidence for the effect of pay-for-performance in primary care on mortality in the UK: a population study

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10041, 2016, Pages 268-274

  Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Krinsky, Sam ^a   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^b,c   Doran, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Manchester   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TRENDS;

GREAT BRITAIN; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84982179520     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00276-2     Document Type: Article

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