Objectives To understand the effects of a large scale ‘payment for performance’ scheme (the
Quality and Outcomes Framework [QOF]) on professional roles and the delivery of primary …

Background Payments for recorded evidence of quality of clinical care in UK general practices
were introduced in 2004. Aim To examine the relationship between changes in recorded …

Objective To assess the receipt of effective healthcare interventions in England by adults
aged 50 or more with serious health conditions. Design National structured survey …

Nutritional assessments are frequently based on amounts of nutrients consumed. In the present
paper the usefulness of nutrient intake data for assessing nutrient adequacy is examined …

Background Since 2006 the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) has rewarded GPs for
carrying out standardised assessments of the severity of symptoms of depression in newly …

Background Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic disease in the UK, with greater
prevalence in women, older people, and those with poorer socioeconomic status. Effective …

The present paper is an aalysis of 138 5- or 7-d diet diaries collected from a free-living
population of people aged 68–90 years in Norwich. Men had higher intakes than women of …

The Department of Health (1992) has recently stated that ‘Nutritional reviews concerning
elderly people are especially constrained by lack of data’, and that much of the emphasis in the …

Background Depression is a leading cause of disease and disability internationally, and is
responsible for many primary care consultations. Little is known about the quality of primary …

Key points arising from this chapter are:• The quality of healthcare received by ELSA
respondents was assessed against pre-defined evidence-based quality indicators for those who …