Setting performance targets in pay for performance programmes: What can we learn from QOF?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Doran, Tim ^a   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^b   Reeves, David ^b   Sutton, Matthew ^b   Ryan, Andrew M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL FEE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY AND OUTCOME FRAMEWORK; REMUNERATION; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84988878721     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1595     Document Type: Article

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