Volunteer doctors start a clinic for the marginalized of New York city
The charity Doctors of the World was there to help injured and homeless people after hurricane Sandy hit, but after seeing a long standing need for health services in the area it has established a...
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The removal of financial incentives for certain aspects of care seems to have had a very small effect on quality of care, even over the long term, say the authors of this retrospective longitudinal...
View ArticleSetting performance targets in pay for performance programmes: what can we...
The UK’s Quality and Outcomes Framework, which was introduced in 2004 to reward general practitioners for meeting performance targets, has been controversial. Tim Doran and colleagues reflect on the...
View ArticleComparative effectiveness of long term drug treatment strategies to prevent...
Strategies with combined inhaled corticosteroids and long acting β agonists are most effective and safe in preventing severe exacerbations of asthma, although some heterogeneity was observed in this...
View ArticleEvidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?
Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues argue that, although evidence based medicine has had many benefits, it has also had some negative unintended consequences. They offer a preliminary agenda for the...
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