Why the study?
Do financial incentives (individual, practice-level, or combined) improve guideline-recommended hypertension care in primary care clinics?
Population
12 Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics enrolling 83 primary care physicians and 42 nonphysician personnel
Comparison
Financial incentives to reward… vs No financial incentives, with access to feedback…
Design
RCT, Cluster randomized
Follow-up
5 performance periods and a 12-month washout
Authors
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Individual incentives modestly improve primary care hypertension control; extends evidence favoring physician-level over practice- or combined incentives.
Do financial incentives (individual, practice-level, or combined) improve guideline-recommended hypertension care in primary care clinics?
Individual physician-level financial incentives, but not practice-level or combined incentives, modestly improved hypertension control and appropriate response to uncontrolled blood pressure.
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