Health inequalities in the UK

Health inequalities in the UK

A more recent study3 found that the QOF has had a demonstrable effect on outcome indicators such as heart attacks and deaths; the effect was strongest in practices in the most deprived areas, which had more than twice the reduction in admissions and deaths from coronary heart disease.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2010-12, Vol.376 (9757), p.1983-1983
Hauptverfasser: Meldrum, Hamish, Buckman, Laurence
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
General Practice - standards
Health services
Health Services Accessibility
Healthcare Disparities
Hospitalization - trends
Humans
Hyperlipidemias - therapy
Hypertension - therapy
Internal Medicine
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - trends
Primary Health Care - standards
Public health
Quality of Health Care
Smoking Cessation
Socioeconomic Factors
United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:A more recent study3 found that the QOF has had a demonstrable effect on outcome indicators such as heart attacks and deaths; the effect was strongest in practices in the most deprived areas, which had more than twice the reduction in admissions and deaths from coronary heart disease.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62253-2