Commentary: unintended consequences: what of quality outside the QOF?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. The equity dimension in evaluations of the quality and outcomes framework: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2011
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2. Exploring the GP-patient relationship: a historical narration.Medical humanities · 2025
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3. Incentive schemes to increase dementia diagnoses in primary care in England: a retrospective cohort study of unintended consequences.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2019
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4. Improving together: a new quality framework for GP clusters in Scotland.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017
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5. Unfashionable tales: narratives about what is (still) great in NHS general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016
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6. The business of doctoring.The Australasian medical journal · 2012
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7. Rethinking scientific responsibility.Journal of medical ethics · 2011
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8. Do financial incentives for delivering health promotion counselling work? Analysis of smoking cessation activities stimulated by the quality and outcomes framework.BMC public health · 2010
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9. Being a good clinician is not enough: doctors as employers and practices as organisations.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2009
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Corrections and comments

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  Distilling the essence of general practice: a learning journey in progress.2009

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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