Saturday 19 December 2009

Incentives for health professionals to promote screening

UK Parliament discussion on GP renumeration and effects on patient consent
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-03-29/Debate-15.html

Health: GPs 'bully women into smears for cash' (UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/114086.stm

Decisions about Pap tests - what influences women and providers? (Australia)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4VYKJRG-2&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1143400536&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=00a7db8b9d698ee2694ed208f097805e

Added 21 Dec 09
Can financial incentive affect GP practice?
http://www.who.int/hrh/en/HRDJ_3_2_05.pdf

Added 21 dec 09
The appropriate use of financial incentives to encourage preventative care in general practice
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/centres/che/pubs/rr18.pdf

Added 21 Dec 09
Promoting screening for cervical cancer: realising the potential for recruitment for general practitioners
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/11/4/299.pdf