General practitioners, especially fundholders, are becoming increasingly concerned about
being asked to prescribe treatments for their patients that are outside their therapeutic …

OBJECTIVE--To describe the experiences of 10 fundholding practices in the Northern region
during 1991-2 and to elicit subjective assessments of the impact of their change in status on …

Objective. To identify all financial incentives that had been proposed, described, or used
regardless of their initial objective and, when possible, to assess the results of these …

OBJECTIVE--To derive demographic weightings to replace the existing system of
prescribing units used in analysing prescribing by general practitioners in England. DESIGN …

Rationale and objectives It is difficult to keep control over prescribing behaviour in general
practice. The purpose of this study was to assess the initial effects of a behaviour …

Objectives:(i) to describe the variation in a number of potential prescribing indicators across
a large number of general practices,(ii) to determine whether particular indicators are …

Between 1991 and 1998 English general practices had the option of holding budgets for
prescribing and elective secondary care. Fundholding was reintroduced in 2005. We …

Abstract Background. The 2004 General Medical Services (GMS) contract introduced
financial incentives for the management of chronic illnesses in 10 clinical areas. The effect of …

The objective of this study was to assess whether practice size, as measured by the number
of doctors, had any bearing on the range of drugs prescribed. All practices in the northern …

Objective: To compare outpatient referral patterns in fundholding and non-fundholding
practices before and after the NHS reforms in April 1991. Design: Prospective collection of …