Report cards are fine in principle

The government hopes that report cards will drive improvements in quality and facilitate greater accountability in the NHS. Marshall and colleagues (p 1278) used focus groups to examine the implications of the UK government's policy for publishing comparative information on the performance of general practice. Members of the public, general practitioners, and those in charge of clinical governance support the proposed disclosure of information on the quality of care in general practice in principle, but they are concerned about the practical implications and political motivations behind the initiative.


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Attitudes to the public release of comparative information on the quality of general practice care: qualitative study
Martin N Marshall, Julia Hiscock, and Bonnie Sibbald
BMJ 2002 325: 1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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