GP Heart Disease Targets Should Be Simpler And More Treatment-and-prevention Based, UK

GP heart disease targets, to which payments are related, should be based less on the measurement of risk factors and more on disease treatment and prevention, according to an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), this week’s issue. The UK GP QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) is the largest pay-for-performance program in the world, say the authors. GPs in the UK have the largest healthcare pay-for-performance program in the world, say the authors. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Primary Care on September 20th, 2007