Pay-for-Performance Programs in Family Practices in the United Kingdom | Zendy

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Pay-for-Performance Programs in Family Practices in the United Kingdom

Author(s) -

Tim Doran,

Catherine Fullwood,

Hugh Gravelle,

David Reeves,

Evangelos Kontopantelis,

Urara Hiroeh,

Martín Roland

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa055505

Subject(s) - medicine , pay for performance , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , service (business) , nursing , kingdom , quality management , health care , economic growth , business , marketing , economics , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology

In 2004, after a series of national initiatives associated with marked improvements in the quality of care, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom introduced a pay-for-performance contract for family practitioners. This contract increases existing income according to performance with respect to 146 quality indicators covering clinical care for 10 chronic diseases, organization of care, and patient experience.

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