Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Do practice performance scores predict emergency admissions?

"We tested whether or not better-quality primary care, as assessed by the SMI [serious mental illness] quality indicators measured routinely in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in English general practice, is associated with lower rates of emergency hospital admissions for people with SMIs"

Do higher primary care practice performance scores predict lower rates of emergency admissions for persons with serious mental illness? An analysis of secondary panel data 
R Jacobs et al.
Health Services and Delivery Research, (16), April 2015

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