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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: sulphonylureas

55 codes in list

Code Coding system Description Entity type List name BNF_header BNF_code drug_substance_name
00212001 GPRD_product_code daonil tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00235001 GPRD_product_code diabinese tabs 100mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00235002 GPRD_product_code diabinese tabs 250mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00331001 GPRD_product_code euglucon tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00331002 GPRD_product_code euglucon tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00417009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [cp pharm] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00417010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [cp pharm] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00418009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [celltech] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00418010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [celltech] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00419009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [hillcross] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00419010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [hillcross] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00752009 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 100mg [cp pharm] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00752010 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 250mg [cp pharm] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00753009 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 100mg [celltech] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00753010 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 250mg [celltech] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
00854001 GPRD_product_code semi-daonil tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01335009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [aps] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01335010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [aps] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01356009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [berk] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01356010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [berk] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01451009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [numark] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01581009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [lagap] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01581010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [lagap] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01811009 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 100mg [aps] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
01811010 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 250mg [aps] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02224009 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 100mg [alphar/cox] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02224010 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 250mg [alphar/cox] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02248009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [alphar/cox] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02248010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [alphar/cox] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02416001 GPRD_product_code libanil tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02416002 GPRD_product_code libanil tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02447009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [ivax] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02447010 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [ivax] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02462001 GPRD_product_code diabetamide tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02462002 GPRD_product_code diabetamide tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02866007 GPRD_product_code chloropropamide 500 mg tab drug sulphonylureas NA 0 NA
02872001 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02872002 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02902001 GPRD_product_code malix tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02902002 GPRD_product_code malix tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02942001 GPRD_product_code calabren tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
02942002 GPRD_product_code calabren tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03244001 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 100mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03244002 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 250mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03312001 GPRD_product_code glymese tabs 250mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03384009 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 100mg [sussex] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03384010 GPRD_product_code chlorpropamide tabs 250mg [sussex] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03440009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [kent] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03778009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 2.5mg [gen (uk)] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
03779009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [gen (uk)] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
04398009 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide tabs 5mg [kent] drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
07481001 GPRD_product_code grenamide tabs 2.5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
07481002 GPRD_product_code grenamide tabs 5mg drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
14098001 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide oral susp 5mg/5ml drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA
14734001 GPRD_product_code glibenclamide oral liq drug sulphonylureas NA 6010201 NA

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