How do we compare? - Applying UK pay for performance indicators to an Australian general practice Elliot-Smith, Adrian and Morgan, Mark 2010, How do we compare? - Applying UK pay for performance indicators to an Australian general practice, Australian family physician, vol. 40, no. 1-2, pp. 43-48. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title How do we compare? - Applying UK pay for performance indicators to an Australian general practice Author(s) Elliot-Smith, Adrian Morgan, Mark Journal name Australian family physician Volume number 40 Issue number 1-2 Start page 43 End page 48 Publisher Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Place of publication Jolimont, Vic. Publication date 2010 ISSN 0300-8495 Keyword(s) health care quality assessment clinical audit health policy health care economics Summary BACKGROUND United Kingdom general practitioners receive payment based on their performance in multiple clinical indicators. We set out to apply the same indicators in an Australian general practice to benchmark our performance and to see how much work was required to obtain the data. METHODS Clinical indicators for the 2008–2009 UK Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) cycle were examined and achievement levels measured in a large rural Australian general practice, mainly by computer searching of the clinical database. RESULTS Outcome measures were obtainable for 79 out of 80 indicators. Manual perusal of computer records was required for 16 indicators. Data collection takes approximately 130 hours. The Australian general practice achieved 66% of available pay for performance points compared to the UK average of 97%. DISCUSSION United Kingdom QOF clinical data is obtainable relatively easily in a well computerised Australian rural general practice. The exercise identified significant areas in which clinical performance could be improved. Language eng Field of Research 111717 Primary Health Care Socio Economic Objective 920208 Health Policy Evaluation HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2010 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023647 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 11 Feb 2010, 10:20:20 EST Mon, 21 Jun 2010, 14:58:31 EST Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 11:16:44 EST Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 11:17:56 EST Wed, 23 Jun 2010, 08:57:02 EST Thu, 24 Jun 2010, 09:25:00 EST Tue, 14 Jun 2011, 12:11:11 EST Tue, 14 Jun 2011, 12:16:14 EST Wed, 01 Feb 2012, 15:07:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 347 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 11 Feb 2010, 10:20:18 EST by Liz Jackway

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