Quality in primary care
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Quality in primary care · Jan 2011
ReviewA strategy for the implementation of a quality indicator system in German primary care.
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) has had a major impact on the quality of care in British general practice. It is seen as a major innovation amongst quality indicator systems and as a result various countries are looking at whether such initiatives could be used in their primary care. In Germany also the development of similar schemes has started. ⋯ For the successful implementation of a quality indicator system in German primary care a number of key issues, as presented in this article, need to be taken into account.