Do the UK government's new Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) scores adequately measure primary care performance? A cross-sectional survey of routine healthcare data

• Autors principals: Keen Justin (Autor), Tu Yu-Kang (Autor), Cheng Yaping (Autor), Rudge Gavin (Autor), Downing Amy (Autor), Gilthorpe Mark S (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: BMC, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>General practitioners' remuneration is now linked directly to the scores attained in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). The success of this approach depends in part on designing a robust and clinically meaningful set of i...