The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the QOF: essential reading for anyone with an interest in the future of general practice and primary care.
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| Foreword | |
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| About the editors | |
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| List of contributors | |
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| List of figures | |
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| List of tables | |
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| List of boxes | |
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| Background to the Quality and Outcomes Framework | |
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| Introduction: development, impact and implications | |
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| Where did the Quality and Outcomes Framework come from? | |
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| Developing indicators and the concept of QOFability | |
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| Impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework | |
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| A Learning from the QOF: a review of existing research | |
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| The public health impact | |
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| 'Smoke and mirrors'? Informatics opportunities and challenges | |
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| The impact of the QOF on practice organisation and service delivery | |
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| Practical aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework | |
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| Getting the most out of the QOF | |
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| Does the patient always benefit? | |
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| Reflections on pay-for-performance and the Quality and Outcomes Framework | |
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| Pay-for-performance schemes in primary care: what have we learnt? | |
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| An international perspective on the basis of pay-for-performance | |
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| The Quality and Outcomes Framework: triumph of evidence or tragedy for personal care? | |
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| Index | |
