Estimated impact from the withdrawal of primary care financial incentives on selected indicators of quality of care in Scotland: controlled interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether the withdrawal of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) scheme in primary care in Scotland in 2016 had an impact on selected recorded quality of care, compared with England where the scheme continued.

Design

Controlled interrupted time series regression analysis.

Setting

General practices in Scotland and England.

Participants

979 practices with 5 599 171 registered patients in Scotland, and 7921 practices with 56 270 628 registered patients in England in 2013-14, decreasing to 864 practices in Scotland and 6873 in England in 2018-19, mainly due to practice mergers.

Main outcome measures

Changes in quality of care at one year and three years after withdrawal of QOF financial incentives in Scotland at the end of the 2015-1

SUBMITTER: Morales DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature