Results for the national comparison based on a difference-in-difference model.

<p>Results for the national comparison based on a difference-in-difference model.</p

Number of patients per disease groups and their average age, proportion of females, ethnicity, number of cardiovascular disease co-morbidities and body-mass-index for 2011.

<p>Number of patients per disease groups and their average age, proportion of females, ethnicity, number of cardiovascular disease co-morbidities and body-mass-index for 2011.</p

Change in the bio-parameter for the indicator shown in the row for the group of patients mentioned in the column (all patients, exception reported patients, non-exception reported patients).

<p>Change in the bio-parameter for the indicator shown in the row for the group of patients mentioned in the column (all patients, exception reported patients, non-exception reported patients).</p

Definition of indicators.

<p>Definition of indicators.</p

Target achievement rates for a stretched QOF+ indicator BP5 and a QOF indicator COPD10 for QOF+ and QOF practices.

<p>Target achievement rates for a stretched QOF+ indicator BP5 and a QOF indicator COPD10 for QOF+ and QOF practices.</p

Change in the fraction of exception reported and controlled patients relative to all patients in the corresponding disease group upon introduction of QOF+.

<p>Change in the fraction of exception reported and controlled patients relative to all patients in the corresponding disease group upon introduction of QOF+.</p

Systolic blood pressure as clinical outcome for hypertension patients (left) and coronary heart disease patients (right).

<p>The panels compare the blood pressure between all patients, exception reported patients and non-exception reported patients.</p

Awareness of salt guidelines (2007).

<p>AOR: adjusted odds ratios.</p><p>*This based on participants being able to identify the guideline amount as 6 grams per day.</p

Trends in geometric mean daily salt intake (grams/day)^*.

<p>*Note that these values come from a spot urine test, and so do not reflect intake over whole 24 hour periods.</p

Trends in salt intake from linear time-series regression models.

<p>*p values for reference categories reflect differences of the trend from zero, while all other values reflect differences from the reference group trend.</p