Objectives: To assess the impact of pay for performance programmes on inequalities in the
quality of health care in relation to age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Methods …

Background Pay-for-performance systems raise concerns regarding inequity in health care
because providers might select patients for whom targets can easily be reached. This paper …

PURPOSE We conducted an in-depth exploration of family physicians' and nurses' beliefs
and concerns about changes to the family health care service as a result of the new pay-for …

Background The descriptive information now available for primary care in the UK is unique
in international terms. Under the'Quality and Outcomes Framework'(QOF), data for 147 …

Background The existence of health inequalities between least and most socially deprived
areas is now well established. Aim To use Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) …

Background The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) of the new General Medical
Services contract, for the first time, incentivises certain areas of general practice workload …

Background The Quality and Outcomes Framework, a financial incentive scheme for general
practitioners in the UK, seems to have improved the quality of primary care and reduced …

Background: The 'inverse care law'suggests that populations with the poorest health
outcomes also tend to have poorer access to high-quality care. The new general practitioner …

We used multilevel models to investigate whether the odds of coronary heart disease (CHD)
is higher in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) living in deprived neighborhoods versus …

Background The new GMS contract has led to practice nurses playing an important role in
the delivery of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). Aim This study investigated how …