Ethnic disparities in diabetes management and pay-for-performance in the UK: the Wandsworth Prospective Diabetes Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pay-for-performance rewards health-care providers by paying them more if they succeed in meeting performance targets. A new contract for general practitioners in the United Kingdom represents the most radical shift towards pay-for-performance seen in any health-care system. The contract provides an important opportunity to address disparities in chronic disease management between ethnic and socioeconomic groups. We examined disparities in management of people with diabetes and intermediate clinical outcomes within a multiethnic population in primary care before and after the introduction of the new contract in April 2004.

Methods and findings

We conducted a population-based longitudinal survey, using electronic general practice records, in an ethnically diverse pa

SUBMITTER: Millett C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1891316 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature