Title |
Clinically relevant quality measures for risk factor control in primary care: a retrospective cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-306 |
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Authors |
Stefan Weiler, Armin Gemperli, Tinh-Hai Collet, Douglas C Bauer, Lukas Zimmerli, Jacques Cornuz, Edouard Battegay, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Eve A Kerr, Drahomir Aujesky, Nicolas Rodondi |
Abstract |
Assessment of the proportion of patients with well controlled cardiovascular risk factors underestimates the proportion of patients receiving high quality of care. Evaluating whether physicians respond appropriately to poor risk factor control gives a different picture of quality of care. We assessed physician response to control cardiovascular risk factors, as well as markers of potential overtreatment in Switzerland, a country with universal healthcare coverage but without systematic quality monitoring, annual report cards on quality of care or financial incentives to improve quality. |
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