Incentivised chronic disease management and the inverse equity hypothesis: findings from a longitudinal analysis of Scottish primary care practice-level data

The inverse equity hypothesis asserts that new health policies initially widen inequality, then attenuate inequalities over time. Since 2004, the UK ’s pay-for-performance scheme for chronic disease management ...

Source: BMC Medicine - April 11, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Richard Lowrie, Alex McConnachie, Andrea E. Williamson, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Marie Forrest, Norman Lannigan, Stewart W. Mercer and Frances S. Mair Source Type: research