The effects of financial incentives for case finding for depression in patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease: interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effects of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) incentivised case finding for depression on diagnosis and treatment in targeted and non-targeted long-term conditions.

Design

Interrupted time series analysis.

Setting

General practices in Leeds, UK.

Participants

65 (58%) of 112 general practices shared data on 37,229 patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease targeted by case finding incentives, and 101,008 patients with four other long-term conditions not targeted (hypertension, epilepsy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma).

Intervention

Incentivised case finding for depression using two standard screening questions.

Main outcome measures

Clinical codes indicating new depression-related diagnoses and n

SUBMITTER: McLintock K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139660 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature