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Research article:

Recorded quality of primary care for patients with diabetes in England before and after the introduction of a financial incentive scheme: a longitudinal observational study

Reference:

Evangelos Kontopantelis; David Reeves; Jose M Valderas; Stephen Campbell; Tim Doran (2012) Recorded quality of primary care for patients with diabetes in England before and after the introduction of a financial incentive scheme: a longitudinal observational study. BMJ Quality and Safety, doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001033

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Abstract
Background: The UK's Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) was introduced in 2004/5, linking remuneration for general practices to recorded quality of care for chronic conditions, including diabetes mellitus. We assessed the effect of the incentives on recorded quality of care for diabetes patients and its variation by patient and practice characteristics. Methods: Using the General Practice Research Database we selected a stratified sample of 148 English general practices in England, contributing data from 2000/1 to 2006/7, and obtained a random sample of 653 500 patients in which 23 920 diabetes patients identified. We quantified annually recorded quality of care at the patient-level, as measured by the 17 QOF diabetes indicators, in a composite score and analysed it longitudinally using an Interrupted Time Series design. Results: Recorded quality of care improved for all subgroups in the pre-incentive period. In the first year of the incentives, composite quality improved over-and-above this pre-incentive trend by 14.2% (13.7–14.6%). By the third year the improvement above trend was smaller, but still statistically significant, at 7.3% (6.7–8.0%). After 3 years of the incentives, recorded levels of care varied significantly for patient gender, age, years of previous care, number of co-morbid conditions and practice diabetes prevalence. Conclusions: The introduction of financial incentives was associated with improvements in the recorded quality of diabetes care in the first year. These improvements included some measures of disease control, but most captured only documentation of recommended aspects of clinical assessment, not patient management or outcomes of care. Improvements in subsequent years were more modest. Variation in care between population groups diminished under the incentives, but remained substantial in some cases.
Author for correspondence
Evangelos Kontopantelis
Email for correspondence
e.kontopantelis@manchester.ac.uk

Code list: res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012

124 codes in list

Code Coding system Description Entity type List name qof code conservative resolve
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2257.00 Read O/E - depressed diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
62T1.00 Read Puerperal depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
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E001300 Read Presenile dementia with depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
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E004300 Read Arteriosclerotic dementia with depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
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Eu32.12 Read [X]Single episode of psychogenic depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu32.13 Read [X]Single episode of reactive depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu32200 Read [X]Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
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Eu32212 Read [X]Single episode major depression w'out psychotic symptoms diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32213 Read [X]Single episode vital depression w'out psychotic symptoms diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32400 Read [X]Mild depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32y00 Read [X]Other depressive episodes diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32y11 Read [X]Atypical depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32y12 Read [X]Single episode of masked depression NOS diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
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Eu32z12 Read [X]Depressive disorder NOS diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32z13 Read [X]Prolonged single episode of reactive depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu32z14 Read [X] Reactive depression NOS diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu33.00 Read [X]Recurrent depressive disorder diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33000 Read [X]Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode mild diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33100 Read [X]Recurrent depressive disorder, current episode moderate diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33.11 Read [X]Recurrent episodes of depressive reaction diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33.12 Read [X]Recurrent episodes of psychogenic depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33.13 Read [X]Recurrent episodes of reactive depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33.14 Read [X]Seasonal depressive disorder diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33.15 Read [X]SAD - Seasonal affective disorder diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33200 Read [X]Recurr depress disorder cur epi severe without psyc sympt diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33211 Read [X]Endogenous depression without psychotic symptoms diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33212 Read [X]Major depression, recurrent without psychotic symptoms diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33214 Read [X]Vital depression, recurrent without psychotic symptoms diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33400 Read [X]Recurrent depressive disorder, currently in remission diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33y00 Read [X]Other recurrent depressive disorders diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33z00 Read [X]Recurrent depressive disorder, unspecified diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu33z11 Read [X]Monopolar depression NOS diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
Eu34100 Read [X]Dysthymia diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes yes
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Eu41211 Read [X]Mild anxiety depression diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu53011 Read [X]Postnatal depression NOS diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
Eu53012 Read [X]Postpartum depression NOS diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
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2960AC OXMIS CHRONIC AGITATED DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
2960AD OXMIS DEPRESSION AGITATED diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
2962A OXMIS DEPRESSION CHRONIC diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
2962AF OXMIS REACTION DEPRESSIVE AFFECTIVE diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
2962B OXMIS DEPRESSION ACUTE diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
2962EN OXMIS ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
2962R OXMIS RECURRENT DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3000E OXMIS ANXIETY DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004 OXMIS NEUROSIS DEPRESSIVE diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004A OXMIS DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004AB OXMIS OBSERVED DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004AM OXMIS MOOD DEPRESSED diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004B OXMIS PREGNANCY DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004C OXMIS PUERPERAL DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004CA OXMIS POSTNATAL DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004E OXMIS EXOGENOUS DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004ER OXMIS REACTIVE DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004M OXMIS MORNING DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3004PP OXMIS POSTOPERATIVE DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3091N OXMIS INFLUENZAL DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3091PF OXMIS POSTINFECTIVE DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3091PL OXMIS DEPRESSION POSTVIRAL diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
3091PN OXMIS POSTINFLUENZA DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes
7902DC OXMIS POSTVIRAL DEPRESSION diagnostic res43: depression_kontopantelis_bmjqs2012 yes

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