Financial incentives improve recognition but not treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in severe mental illness.
<h4>Objectives</h4>Severe mental illness (SMI) is associated with premature cardiovascular disease, prompting the UK primary care payment-for-performance system (Quality and Outcomes Framework, QOF) to incentivise annual physical health reviews. This study aimed to assess the QOF's...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179392 |