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How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?

This paper outlines how the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) has done little to close the health inequality gap, and proposes possible ways in which future iterations of QOF could do more to address this crucial public health problem.

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Autor principal: Thorne, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2016.1215370
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spelling pubmed-53303482017-03-01 How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities? Thorne, Tim London J Prim Care (Abingdon) Opinion and Debate This paper outlines how the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) has done little to close the health inequality gap, and proposes possible ways in which future iterations of QOF could do more to address this crucial public health problem. Taylor & Francis 2016-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5330348/ /pubmed/28250839 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2016.1215370 Text en © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?
title How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?
title_full How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?
title_fullStr How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?
title_full_unstemmed How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?
title_short How could the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) do more to tackle health inequalities?
title_sort how could the quality and outcomes framework (qof) do more to tackle health inequalities?
topic Opinion and Debate
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2016.1215370
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