Financial incentives improve recognition but not treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in severe mental illness.

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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Main Authors: Carol L Wilson, Kirsty M Rhodes, Rupert A Payne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179392

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