Ethnic Disparities in Blood Pressure Management in Patients With Hypertension After the Introduction of Pay for Performance
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 6 (6), 490-496
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.907
Abstract
PURPOSE Little is known about the impact of pay-for-performance incentives on health care disparities. We examined ethnic disparities in the management of hypertension among patients with and without cardiovascular comorbidities after the implementation of a major pay-for-performance incentive scheme in UK primary care.Keywords
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