Modelling the cost-effectiveness of pay-for-performance in primary care in the UK

Abstract Background Introduced in 2004, the United Kingdom’s (UK) Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is the world’s largest primary-care pay-for-performance programme. Given some evidence of the benefits and the substantial costs associated with the QOF, it remains unclear whether the programme is...

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Main Authors: Ankur Pandya, Tim Doran, Jinyi Zhu, Simon Walker, Emily Arntson, Andrew M. Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1126-3