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Tag Archives: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
On the Influence of Primary Care Incentive Schemes Upon Care Home Admissions For People with Dementia: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / BJGP)
Summary A study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) investigated whether incentives offered to GPs to provide annual reviews for patients with dementia, under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), actually reduce the risk of admissions to care homes. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Absence of Relationship Between QOF Annual Reviews and Likelihood of Care Home Placement, Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Alternatives to Care Home Admission, Annual Health Check (AHC), Annual Health Checks, Annual Reviews, BJGP: British Journal of General Practice, British Journal of General Practice, Care Home Admission Delay, Care Home Placements for People with Dementia, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Carers and Families, Centre for Health Economics: University of York, Centre for Health Services Studies: University of Kent, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Financial Incentives, Impact of Primary Care Incentive Schemes on Care Home Placements for People with Dementia (CHE), Incentive Payments, Limits of Intervention (Great Theory Stubborn Reality), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Performance Incentives (CQUINs QOFs and Quality Premiums), Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, Primary Care Incentive Schemes, Primary Care Incentive Schemes and Care Home Placements for People with Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payment, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of Long-Term Conditions, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Asthma, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Atrial Fibrillation, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Cancer, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Diabetes Mellitus, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Epilepsy, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Heart Failure, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Hypertension, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Learning Disability, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Long-Term Conditions With Record of Smoking Status / Smoking Cessation, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Mental Health, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Osteoporosis, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: People with Palliative Care Needs, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Peripheral Arterial Disease, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (STIA), ResearchOne, ResearchOne Health and Care Database, ResearchOne Primary Care Database, Support for Carers, United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), University of Kent, University of Leeds, University of York, University of York Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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On the Influence of Primary Care Quality Upon Hospital Admissions by People with Dementia in England: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / PloS One / BMJ / JGCR / BMJ Open)
Summary A recent study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) found that GP practices which review their dementia patients as part of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) tend to have relatively fewer emergency hospital admissions by persons with dementia. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England: March 2015 Target Date Approaches (BBC News / HSCIC)
Summary Data on dementia diagnosis rates from April 2014 to January 2015 have been published, in support of the Dementia Strategy (2009) and David Cameron’s Dementia Challenge. NHS England is committed to increasing dementia diagnosis rates in England by March … Continue reading
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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England: QOF Recorded Dementia Diagnoses for April to August 2014 (HSCIC).
Summary NHS England has a commitment to increase the dementia diagnosis rates in England by March 2015, so that two-thirds of people with dementia receive a formal diagnosis. The Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) subset 2014/15 dementia data extraction supports this … Continue reading
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Dementia Data Extraction Process Revised (HSCIC)
Summary The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has introduced a different sign-up process concerning automated data extraction for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and enhanced services. The QOF subset 2014-15 dementia extraction supports the Prime Ministerial challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Statistics, UK
Tagged Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS), Data Extraction, Data Extractions: National Governance, Dementia Data Extraction Processes, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Enhanced Services from GPs, General Practice, General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), GP Data Extraction, GPES Training Materials, GPES Website, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Local Area Teams (LATs), Local Enhanced Services, NHS Area Teams (ATs), Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Support for Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates
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Dementia Diagnosis Rates in England Increase (BBC News / HSCIC)
Summary NHS England has a commitment to increase the dementia diagnosis rates in England to 67% by March 2015; one of the targets from the “Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia” (March 2012) was that two-thirds of people with dementia should … Continue reading
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Tagged Accuracy of Dementia Prevalence Data, Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS), Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Prevalence Area Team Summary, Dementia Prevalence: CCGs Summary, Department of Health (DH), Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Assessment, Early Diagnosis, Enhanced Services from GPs, General Medical Services (GMS) Contract, General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HSCIC: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, National Dementia Prevalence, National Recorded Dementia Prevalence, NHS Area Teams (ATs), NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (IC), NHS Mandate, NHS Regions, Personal Medical Services (PMS), Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Dementia Registers, Quality Outcomes Framework: Dementia Diagnoses, Recorded Dementia Diagnoses: Provisional 2013/14 Data, Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Regional Dementia Prevalence, Sub-National Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Timely Diagnosis
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