Background A vast amount of literature on effects of pay-for-performance (P4P) in health
care has been published. However, the evidence has become fragmented and it has …

A consistent finding in articles on quality improvement in health care is that change is difficult
to achieve. According to the research literature, the majority of interventions are targeted at …

PURPOSE Primary care practices in the United Kingdom have received substantial financial
rewards for achieving standards set out in the Quality and Outcomes Framework since April …

Background Pay-for-performance (P4P) is one of the primary tools used to support
healthcare delivery reform. Substantial heterogeneity exists in the development and …

Background There is considerable interest in the effectiveness of financial incentives in the
delivery of health care. Incentives may be used in an attempt to increase the use of evidence …

Objective To identify, summarise and synthesise available literature on the effectiveness of
implementation strategies for optimising implementation of complex interventions in primary …

There are many systematic reviews of continuing education programmes and educational
strategies for quality improvement in health care. Most of the reviewed studies are one‐off …

There has been a growing interest in the use of financial incentives to encourage
improvements in the quality of health care. Several articles have reviewed past studies of the …

Brief intervention (BI) is intended as an early intervention for non‐treatment‐seeking, non‐
alcohol‐dependent, hazardous and harmful drinkers. This text provides a brief summary of …

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 …