Reducing health inequalities through general practice

A Gkiouleka, G Wong, S Sowden, C Bambra… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Although general practice can contribute to reducing health inequalities, existing evidence
provides little guidance on how this reduction can be achieved. We reviewed interventions …

The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health care provided by primary care physicians

A Scott, P Sivey, DA Ouakrim… - Cochrane database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The use of blended payment schemes in primary care, including the use of
financial incentives to directly reward 'performance'and 'quality'is increasing in a number of …

Risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study

A Ogdie, YD Yu, K Haynes, TJ Love, S Maliha… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to quantify the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)
among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriasis without …

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in national surveys from England, the USA and Canada, and correlation with stroke and ischaemic heart …

M Joffres, E Falaschetti, C Gillespie, C Robitaille… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Comparison of recent national survey data on prevalence, awareness, treatment
and control of hypertension in England, the USA and Canada, and correlation of these …

UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

CJL Murray, MA Richards, JN Newton, KA Fenton… - The lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background The UK has had universal free health care and public health programmes for
more than six decades. Several policy initiatives and structural reforms of the health system …

Effect on maternal and child health services in Rwanda of payment to primary health-care providers for performance: an impact evaluation

P Basinga, PJ Gertler, A Binagwaho, ALB Soucat… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence about the best methods with which to accelerate progress towards
achieving the Millennium Development Goals is urgently needed. We assessed the effect of …

We need minimally disruptive medicine

C May, VM Montori, FS Mair - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
We need minimally disruptive medicine | The BMJ Skip to main content Intended for healthcare
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Definition, assessment and treatment of wheezing disorders in preschool children: an evidence-based approach

PLP Brand, E Baraldi, H Bisgaard… - European …, 2008 - publications.ersnet.org
There is poor agreement on definitions of different phenotypes of preschool wheezing
disorders. The present Task Force proposes to use the terms episodic (viral) wheeze to …

Current state of value-based purchasing programs

TT Chee, AM Ryan, JH Wasfy, WB Borden - Circulation, 2016 - ahajournals.org
The US healthcare system is rapidly moving toward rewarding value. Recent legislation,
such as the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act …

The problem of fragmentation and the need for integrative solutions

KC Stange - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2009 - annfammed.org
EDITORIALS to breathtaking advances from isolating, partitioning, and manipulating the
components of physical, biological, and human systems. More recently, new insights in …