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Incentive payments are not related to expected health gain in the pay for performance scheme for UK primary care: cross-sectional analysis by Fleetcroft, Robert, Steel, Nicholas, Cookson, Richard, Walker, Simon, Howe, Amanda

“…The General Medical Services primary care contract for the United Kingdom financially rewards performance in 19 clinical areas, through the Quality and…”
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The feasibility of determining the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of medication organisation devices compared with usual care for older people in a community setting: systematic review, stakeholder focus groups and feasibility randomised controlled trial by Bhattacharya, Debi, Aldus, Clare F, Barton, Garry, Bond, Christine M, Boonyaprapa, Sathon, Charles, Ian S, Fleetcroft, Robert, Holland, Richard, Jerosch-Herold, Christina, Salter, Charlotte, Shepstone, Lee, Walton, Christine, Watson, Steve, Wright, David J

“…Medication organisation devices (MODs) provide compartments for a patient's medication to be organised into the days of the week and the recommended times the…”
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Are patients in heart failure trials representative of primary care populations? A systematic review by Gollop, Nicholas D, Ford, John, Mackeith, Pieter, Thurlow, Caroline, Wakelin, Rachel, Steel, Nicholas, Fleetcroft, Robert

“…Guidelines recommend drug treatment for patients with heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), however the evidence for benefit in patients with…”
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"Mind the gap!" Evaluation of the performance gap attributable to exception reporting and target thresholds in the new GMS contract: National database analysis by Fleetcroft, Robert, Steel, Nicholas, Cookson, Richard, Howe, Amanda

“…The 2003 revision of the UK GMS contract rewards general practices for performance against clinical quality indicators. Practices can exempt patients from…”
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How a universal health system reduces inequalities: lessons from England by Asaria, Miqdad, Ali, Shehzad, Doran, Tim, Ferguson, Brian, Fleetcroft, Robert, Goddard, Maria, Goldblatt, Peter, Laudicella, Mauro, Raine, Rosalind, Cookson, Richard

“…BackgroundProvision of universal coverage is essential for achieving equity in healthcare, but inequalities still exist in universal healthcare systems…”
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The mortality rate in England between 2007 and 2012 was not associated with the quality of primary care in an established pay for performance programme by Fleetcroft, Robert

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A review of clinical practice guidelines found that they were often based on evidence of uncertain relevance to primary care patients by Steel, Nicholas, Abdelhamid, Asmaa, Stokes, Tim, Edwards, Helen, Fleetcroft, Robert, Howe, Amanda, Qureshi, Nadeem

“…Abstract Objectives Primary care patients typically have less severe illness than those in hospital and may be overtreated if clinical guideline evidence is…”
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Dangerous ideas: improving the quality of significant event audit by involving the patients by Fleetcroft, Robert, Howe, Amanda

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Variations in statin prescribing for primary cardiovascular disease prevention: cross-sectional analysis by Fleetcroft, Robert, Schofield, Peter, Ashworth, Mark

“…Statins are an important intervention for primary and secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. We aimed to establish the variation in primary…”
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Unequal socioeconomic distribution of the primary care workforce: whole-population small area longitudinal study by Asaria, Miqdad, Cookson, Richard, Fleetcroft, Robert, Ali, Shehzad

“…ObjectiveTo measure changes in socioeconomic inequality in the distribution of family physicians (general practitioners (GPs)) relative to need in England from…”
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Do the incentive payments in the new NHS contract for primary care reflect likely population health gains? by Fleetcroft, Robert, Cookson, Richard

“…The new contract for primary care in the UK offers fee-for-service (FFS) payments for a wide range of activities in a quality outcomes framework (QOF), with…”
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Outcomes and inequalities in diabetes from 2004/2005 to 2011/2012: English longitudinal study by Fleetcroft, Robert, Asaria, Miqdad, Ali, Shehzad, Cookson, Richard

“…Outcomes of diabetes care are unequal and the NHS has a duty to consider reducing inequality in healthcare outcomes. To quantify trends in socioeconomic…”
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Quality of clinical primary care and targeted incentive payments: an observational study by Steel, Nicholas, Maisey, Susan, Clark, Allan, Fleetcroft, Robert, Howe, Amanda

“…Payments for recorded evidence of quality of clinical care in UK general practices were introduced in 2004. To examine the relationship between changes in…”
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Attitudes of people with osteoarthritis towards their conservative management: a systematic review and meta-ethnography by Smith, Toby O., Purdy, Rachel, Lister, Sarah, Salter, Charlotte, Fleetcroft, Robert, Conaghan, Philip G

“…This paper determines the perceptions of people diagnosed with osteoarthritis towards their conservative management strategies. A systematic review of the…”
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Emergency hospital admissions for asthma and access to primary care: cross-sectional analysis by Fleetcroft, Robert, Noble, Michael, Martin, Aidan, Coombes, Emma, Ford, John, Steel, Nicholas

“…Access to general practices may be an important determinant of emergency admissions for asthma, as early treatment of exacerbations has been shown to prevent…”
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Association of increasing age with receipt of specialist care and long-term mortality in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction by Zaman, M Justin, Fleetcroft, Robert, Bachmann, Max, Sarev, Toomas, Stirling, Susan, Clark, Allan, Myint, Phyo Kyaw

“…observational studies suggest that older patients are less likely to receive secondary prevention medicines following acute coronary syndrome (ACS). to examine…”
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Randomised controlled trial of the effect, cost and acceptability of a bronchiectasis self-management intervention by Brockwell, Claire, Stockl, Andrea, Clark, Allan, Barton, Garry, Pasteur, Mark, Fleetcroft, Robert, Hill, Janice, Wilson, Andrew M

“…Background: Patient self-management plans (PSMP) are advised for bronchiectasis but their efficacy is not established. We aimed to determine whether, in people…”
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Why are statin prescribing guidelines for primary prevention not always followed in primary care? by Hassan, Yasmeen, Ford, John, Steel, Nicholas, Sheldon, Joanna, Fleetcroft, Robert

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Health Equity Indicators for the English NHS: a longitudinal whole-population study at the small-area level by Cookson, Richard, Asaria, Miqdad, Ali, Shehzad, Ferguson, Brian, Fleetcroft, Robert, Goddard, Maria, Goldblatt, Peter, Laudicella, Mauro, Raine, Rosalind

“…Background: Inequalities in health-care access and outcomes raise concerns about quality of care and justice, and the NHS has a statutory duty to consider…”
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Tongue-tie and breastfeeding: Identifying problems in the diagnostic and treatment journey by Wakelin, Rachel, Howe, Amanda, Fleetcroft, Robert

“…Background Tongue-tie is a common condition that often adversely affects breastfeeding. There is research that suggests that frenulotomy can improve…”
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