Impact of financial incentives on alcohol intervention delivery in primary care: a mixed-methods study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  O'Donnell, Amy ^a   Haighton, Catherine ^a,b   Chappel, David ^c   Shevills, Colin ^d   Kaner, Eileen ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Balance: The North East Alcohol Office ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Brief intervention; Mixed methods; Pay for performance; Primary health care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84997427623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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