Title |
Did the new French pay-for-performance system modify benzodiazepine prescribing practices?
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-301 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Cédric Rat, Gaëlle Penhouet, Aurélie Gaultier, Anicet Chaslerie, Jacques Pivette, Jean Michel Nguyen, Caroline Victorri-Vigneau |
Abstract |
French general practitioners (GPs) were enrolled in a new payment system in January 2012. As part of a national agreement with the French National Ministry of Health, GPs were asked to decrease the proportion of patients who continued their benzodiazepine treatment 12 weeks after its initiation and to decrease the proportion of patients older than 65 who were prescribed long half-life benzodiazepines. In return, GPs could expect an extra payment of up to 490 euros per year. This study reports the evolution of the corresponding prescribing practices of French GPs during that period regarding patients who were prescribed a benzodiazepine for the first time. |
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