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Research article:

Effect of financial incentives on incentivised and non-incentivised clinical activities: longitudinal analysis of data from the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework

Reference:

Doran, Tim; Kontopantelis, Evangelos; Valderas, Jose M; Campbell, Stephen; Roland, Martin; Salisbury, Chris; Reeves, David(2011) Effect of financial incentives on incentivised and non-incentivised clinical activities: longitudinal analysis of data from the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework. British Medical Journal, doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3590

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Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether the incentive scheme for UK general practitioners led them to neglect activities not included in the scheme. Design: Longitudinal analysis of achievement rates for 42 activities (23 included in incentive scheme, 19 not included) selected from 428 identified indicators of quality of care. Setting: 148 general practices in England (653 500 patients). Main outcome measures: Achievement rates projected from trends in the pre-incentive period (2000-1 to 2002-3) and actual rates in the first three years of the scheme (2004-5 to 2006-7). Results: Achievement rates improved for most indicators in the pre-incentive period. There were significant increases in the rate of improvement in the first year of the incentive scheme (2004-5) for 22 of the 23 incentivised indicators. Achievement for these indicators reached a plateau after 2004-5, but quality of care in 2006-7 remained higher than that predicted by pre-incentive trends for 14 incentivised indicators. There was no overall effect on the rate of improvement for non-incentivised indicators in the first year of the scheme, but by 2006-7 achievement rates were significantly below those predicted by pre-incentive trends. Conclusions: There were substantial improvements in quality for all indicators between 2001 and 2007. Improvements associated with financial incentives seem to have been achieved at the expense of small detrimental effects on aspects of care that were not incentivised.
Author for correspondence
Tim Doran
Email for correspondence
tim.doran@york.ac.uk

Code list: Influenza immunisation drugs

22 codes in list

Code Coding system Description Entity type List name BNF_header BNF_code drug_substance_name
00465001 GPRD_product_code INFLUVAC SUB-UNIT vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
01401001 GPRD_product_code MASTAFLU vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
02187001 GPRD_product_code FLUZONE vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
02699001 GPRD_product_code FLUVIRIN vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
03431009 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION vaccine [EVANS VAC] drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
03789009 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION vaccine [SAN PAST] drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
03861009 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SURFACE ANTIGEN vaccine [EVANS VAC] drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
05380001 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SURFACE ANTIGEN vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
05882001 GPRD_product_code MFV-JECT vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
06092009 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION vaccine [CHIRON] drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
06235009 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION paed vac [SAN PAST] drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
07313001 GPRD_product_code FLUARIX vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
08968001 GPRD_product_code AGRIPPAL vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
10431001 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
10433001 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
10905001 GPRD_product_code BEGRIVAC vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
11288001 GPRD_product_code INFLEXAL V vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
12770001 GPRD_product_code INVIVAC vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
13403001 GPRD_product_code ENZIRA vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
13457001 GPRD_product_code INFLUENZA INACTIVATED SPLIT VIRION paed vac drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
14256001 GPRD_product_code VIROFLU vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA
14264001 GPRD_product_code IMUVAC vaccine drug Influenza immunisation drugs NA 14040900 NA

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