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

The UK’s Quality and Outcomes Framework, which was introduced in 2004 to reward general practitioners for meeting performance targets, has been controversial. Tim Doran and colleagues reflect on the difficulties of setting and adjusting targets and the missed opportunities for improving the evidence...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ (Online) 2014-03, Vol.348 (mar04 7), p.g1595-g1595
Hauptverfasser:	Doran, Tim, Kontopantelis, Evangelos, Reeves, David, Sutton, Matthew, Ryan, Andrew M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANALYSIS Blood pressure Cardiovascular disease Cholesterol Chronic illnesses Clinical medicine Disease prevention Employers Family physicians Health care Humans Incentives Influenza Medical screening Monetary incentives Patient Outcome Assessment Patients Pay for performance Physicians Primary care Public health Quality Quality Assurance, Health Care - organization & administration Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards Quality Improvement - organization & administration Quality Improvement - standards Quality Indicators, Health Care - organization & administration Quality Indicators, Health Care - standards Reimbursement, Incentive - organization & administration Reimbursement, Incentive - standards Reinforcement State Medicine - organization & administration State Medicine - standards State Medicine - statistics & numerical data Stroke United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:	The UK’s Quality and Outcomes Framework, which was introduced in 2004 to reward general practitioners for meeting performance targets, has been controversial. Tim Doran and colleagues reflect on the difficulties of setting and adjusting targets and the missed opportunities for improving the evidence base
ISSN:	0959-8138 1756-1833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.g1595