Quality of care in the United Kingdom after removal of financial incentives

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 379, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 948-957

  Minchin, Mark ^a   Roland, Martin ^b   Richardson, Judith ^a   Rowark, Shaun ^a   Guthrie, Bruce ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST CONTROL; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85053211292     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1801495     Document Type: Article

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