Perceptions and experiences of financial incentives

"In a situation where costs are unclear, incentives which are based on the improvement of profit margins have a smaller impact than incentives which provide an additional direct payment, even if this extra financial support is relatively small."

Perceptions and experiences of financial incentives: a qualitative study of dialysis care in England
I Abma, A Jayanti, S Bayer, S Mitra, J Barlow
BMJ Open, 2014, 4:e004249

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Embedding patient decision aids in clinical practice

"NHS Kidney Care is promoting the use of the Right Care Shared Decision Making Programme Patient Decision Aids by supporting 24 kidney units across England to embed them into routine care so that all people approaching end stage renal failure receive consistent, comprehensive, high quality information, and engage in and share decisions about their care in the way best suited to them."

Embedding patient decision aids in clinical practice: a survey from NHS Kidney Care
NHS Kidney Care
January 2013

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Better together: sharing learning to improve care

"This report follows an evaluation of NHS Kidney Care Learning Networks, and highlights good practice and learning with regard to what worked well within the learning networks, and why."

Better together: sharing learning to improve care
M Barclay
NHS Kidney Care
December 2012

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