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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: SMI drugs

23 codes in list

Code Coding system Description Entity type List name BNF_header BNF_code drug_substance_name
00141001 GPRD_product_code CAMCOLIT 250 tabs drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
00534001 GPRD_product_code LISKONUM tabs 450mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
00782001 GPRD_product_code PRIADEL tabs 200mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
00782002 GPRD_product_code PRIADEL tabs 400mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
01185001 GPRD_product_code CAMCOLIT 400 tabs drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
02020009 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CARBONATE mr tab 400mg [APS] drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
02283001 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CITRATE oral liq 1.018g/5ml drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
02294001 GPRD_product_code LI-LIQUID soln 509mg/5ml drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
02294002 GPRD_product_code LI-LIQUID soln 1.018g/5ml drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
02325007 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM 250 MG CAP drug SMI drugs NA 0 NA
02465001 GPRD_product_code LITAREX CR tablets 564mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03134007 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM 10.8 MMOLS/5MLS LIQ drug SMI drugs NA 0 NA
03995001 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CARBONATE mr tab 200mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03995002 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CARBONATE tabs 250mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03995003 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CARBONATE mr tab 300mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03996001 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CARBONATE mr tab 400mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03997001 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CARBONATE mr tab 450mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03998001 GPRD_product_code PHASAL tabs 300mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03999001 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CITRATE mr tab 564mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03999002 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CITRATE sf liq 520mg/5ml drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
03999003 GPRD_product_code LITHIUM CITRATE oral liq 509mg/5ml drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
06587001 GPRD_product_code PRIADEL liq 520mg/5ml drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA
07457001 GPRD_product_code LITHONATE sr tab 400mg drug SMI drugs NA 4020300 NA

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