Doran, T

Kontopantelis, E

Reeves, D

Roland, M.

Valderas, J

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The University of Manchester ResearchTrends in quality of care for diabetes before and after theintroduction of the UK pay-for performance scheme.Link to publication record in Manchester Research ExplorerCitation for published version (APA):Kontopantelis, E., Doran, T., Reeves, D., Valderas, J., & Roland, M. (2008). Trends in quality of care for diabetesbefore and after the introduction of the UK pay-for performance scheme.. 25th International Conference of theInternational Society for Quality in Health Care, Copenhagen.Citing this paperPlease note that where the full-text provided on Manchester Research Explorer is the Author Accepted Manuscriptor Proof version this may differ from the final Published version. 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Jun. 2022UK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsTrends in quality of care for diabetes beforeand after the introduction of the UK pay forperformance schemeEvan Kontopantelis Tim Doran* David ReevesJose Valderas Martin RolandNational Primary Care Research and Development CentreUniversity of Manchester EnglandISQua, 22nd October 2008Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsOutline1 UK pay-for-performance schemeThe ideaThe framework2 The General Practice Research DatabaseGeneral pointsExtracting the information3 ResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryKontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsThe ideaThe frameworkImproving quality of care.Organise first, then use a juicy carrot...Non-incentivised quality improvement initiatives put intoaction prior to the P4P scheme.e.g. the National Service Framework for Diabetesintroduced in 2001.The P4P program kicked off in 2004 with the introduction ofa new GP contract.Family practices are rewarded for achieving a set of qualitytargets for patients with several chronic conditions,including diabetes mellitus.The aim was to increase overall quality of care and toreduce variation in quality between practices.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsThe ideaThe frameworkQuality and Outcomes Framework.Year 1.QOF is the incentive scheme for payment of GPs that wasintroduced as part of the ’new’ General medical services(GMS) NHS contract in April 2004.£1.8 billion (C2.5) invested over 3 years.GP income increased by up to 25%, dependent onperformance.146 quality indicators.Clinical care for 10 chronic diseases (76 indicators).Organisation of care (56 indicators).Additional services (10 indicators).Patient experience (4 indicators).QOF is reviewed at least every two years.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsThe ideaThe frameworkMore on QOF.Year 1.Each indicator worth between 1 and 56 points.1,050 point in total.Each point earns £76 (C105), on average.Maximum of...C111,000 per practice.C34,700 per GP.Diabetes domain includes 18 of the 76 clinical indicators(largest) and 99 of the 550 total available clinical points(3rd largest).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsThe ideaThe frameworkSome of the indicators for diabetic patients.Percentage of diabetics...with a record of HbA1c in previous 15 months (3p).in whom last HbA1c is ≤7.4 in previous 15m (16p).who have a record of BP in the past 15m (3p).in whom the last BP is ≤145/85 (17p).with a rec of serum creatinine testing in previous 15m (3p).who have a record of total cholesterol in previous 15m (3p).whose last measured total cholesterol in previous 15m is≤5mmol/l (6p).who have had influenza immunisation in the preceding1Sep-31Mar (3p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsGeneral pointsExtracting the informationEnter GPRD...Patient level data!GPRD holds event data for more than 270 Englishpractices, from 1999.Database is broken down to numerous tables, because ofthe volume of data.Initial sample of 100,000 patients from 100 UK’representative’ practices (4GB in size).Final sample will be 600,000 patients from the samepractices (24GB in size).We can investigate quality of care at the patient level.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsGeneral pointsExtracting the informationGPRD details.Event files.Clinical: all medical history data (symptoms, signs anddiagnoses).Referral: information on patient referrals to external carecentres.Immunisation: data on immunisation records.Therapy: data relating to all prescriptions issued by a GP.Test: data on test records.Lookup files.Medical codes: READ codes, 111,865 available.Product codes: 77,198 available.Test codes: 304 available.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsGeneral pointsExtracting the informationThe process.Step 1Size of the tables prohibits looking at codes one by one.Instead we use search terms to identify potentially relevantcodes in the lookup tables and create draft lists.Example (Search terms for diabetes)String search in Medical codes: ’diab’ ’mell’ ’iddm’ ’niddm’.READ code search in Medical codes file: ’C10’ ’XaFsp’.String search in Product codes file: ’insulin’ ’sulphonylurea’’chlorpropamide’ ’glibenclamide’.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsGeneral pointsExtracting the informationThe process.Step 2Clinicians go through the draft lists and select the relevantcodes.Three sets of codes are created, that correspond to:QOF criteria.Conservative criteria.Speculative criteria.Using the finalised code lists we search for events in theClinical, Referral, Immunisation, Therapy and Test files.The whole process involves much work in code writing,therefore usage of an appropriate statistical package likeSTATA or SAS is essential.Diabetes code exampleKontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryPrevalence.Based on QOF criteria.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM5.% with a record of HbA1c in previous 15 months (3p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM11.% who have a record of BP in the previous 15 months (3p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM14.% who have a record of serum creatinine testing in the previous 15 months (3p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM16.% who have a record of total cholesterol in the previous 15 months (3p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM18.% who have had influenza immunisation in the preceding 1 Sep-31 Mar (3p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM6.% in whom last HbA1C is ≤7.4 in the previous 15 months (16p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM12.% in whom the last BP measurement is ≤145/85 (17p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryDM17.% whose last measured total chol in the previous 15 months is ≤5mmol/l (6p).Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryConclusions.QOF seems to have had little impact in improving quality ofdiabetic care (relative to the underline trend), with theexception of testing for serum creatinine (DM14).There has been a reduction in health care inequalitiesunder the QOF scheme, with lower achieving practicescatching up with the better performing ones. However, inmost cases inequalities started to reduce prior to thescheme’s introduction.It is possible that practices were already focusing ondiabetic care prior to the introduction of QOF, due tointerventions such as NSFs.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFUK pay-for-performance schemeThe General Practice Research DatabaseResultsPrevalenceProcess indicatorsControl indicatorsSummaryOverview.So, what is new with GPRD?Advantages...Patient level data: breakdown by age, sex, year ofdiagnosis etc.Data on many time points are available.We are able to investigate non-incentivised conditions andprocesses or combinations.Disadvantages...Too much work!The typical English practice was not computerised back in1999.Absolute reliance on codes and GPs getting them right.Quality of data before the introduction of QOF isquestionable.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFAppendixThank you!UK P4P referencesComments, suggestions:e.kontopantelis@manchester.ac.ukKontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFAppendixThank you!UK P4P referencesRelevant references. IJust in care you are interested...Doran T, Fullwood C, Gravelle H, Reeves D, KontopantelisE, Hiroeh U, Roland M.Pay-for-Performance Programs in Family Practices in theUnited Kingdom.N Engl J Med, 355:375, July 27, 2006 Special Article.Campbell S, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Middleton E,Sibbald B, Roland M.Quality of Primary Care in England with the Introduction ofPay for Performance.N Engl J Med, 357:181, July 12, 2007 Special Report.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOFAppendixThank you!UK P4P referencesRelevant references. IIJust in care you are interested...Doran T, Fullwood C, Kontopantelis E, Reeves D.Effect of financial incentives on inequalities in the deliveryof primary clinical care in England: analysis of clinicalactivity indicators for the quality and outcomes framework.Lancet, 372(9640):728-36.Kontopantelis Diabetes: pre and post QOF

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