Successes and failures of pay for performance in the United Kingdom.

In 2004, the United Kingdom introduced a large pay-for-performance program, which tied 25% of family practitioners' income to quality incentive payments. The authors review the changes made to the program and its successes and failures since it was introduced a decade ago.

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