Can preventive care activities in general practice be sustained when financial incentives and external audit plus feedback are removed? ACCEPt-able: A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hocking, Jane S ^a   Temple Smith, Meredith ^b   van Driel, Mieke ^c   Law, Matthew ^d   Guy, Rebecca ^d   Bulfone, Liliana ^e   Wood, Anna ^a   Low, Nicola ^f   Donovan, Basil ^d   Fairley, Christopher K ^g   Gunn, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit and feedback; Cluster randomised controlled trial; Financial incentives; Preventive care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUDGET; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MONEY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992093066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0489-0     Document Type: Article

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