Impact of 'stretch' targets for cardiovascular disease management within a local pay-for-performance programme.
Pay-for-performance programs are often aimed to improve the management of chronic diseases. We evaluate the impact of a local pay for performance programme (QOF+), which rewarded financially more ambitious quality targets ('stretch targets') than those used nationally in the Quality and Ou...
Main Authors: | Utz J Pape, Kit Huckvale, Josip Car, Azeem Majeed, Christopher Millett |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374919?pdf=render |
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