TY - JOUR T1 - Mangin on QOF JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 580 LP - 580 VL - 57 IS - 540 AU - Richard Thomas Y1 - 2007/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/57/540/580.1.abstract N2 - I am no great lover of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) introduced to general practice for payment from the NHS. However I believe that the thrust of Mangin and Toop's editorial1 in the June 2007 issue is wrong. I can see how the QOF may appear to some to lead British GPs to coerce patients into accepting care that they do not want, but I do not believe that this is inevitable. … ER -