Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services | Zendy

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Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services

Author(s) -

Lucy Marks,

Sarah H. Cave,

Andrew G. Wallace,

Anne Mason,

Duncan Hunter,

James Mason,

Stephen Peckham

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr016

Subject(s) - primary care , payment , business , flexibility (engineering) , preventive care , health services , medical services , key (lock) , primary health care , preventive healthcare , public health , nursing , medicine , health care , family medicine , environmental health , finance , economic growth , computer security , computer science , population , economics , statistics , mathematics

General practitioners in the UK play a key role in prevention but provision of preventive services is variable. The 2004 General Medical Services contract allows Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to address health needs through providing locally agreed payments for Local Enhanced Services (LESs). This study identifies how this contractual flexibility is used for preventive services and explores its perceived effectiveness.

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