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Hospital admissions for childhood asthma after smoke-free legislation in EnglandChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Rd, London, W6 8RP, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 131:e495-501. 2013..To assess whether the implementation of English smoke-free legislation in July 2007 was associated with a reduction in hospital admissions for childhood asthma...
Increasing the age for the legal purchase of tobacco in England: impacts on socio-economic disparities in youth smokingChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Careand Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
Thorax 66:862-5. 2011..The authors examined the impact of this legislation on disparities in smoking behaviour and access to cigarettes among youth in England...- Unhealthy competition: consequences of health plan choice in California MedicaidChristopher Millett
Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Public Health 100:2235-40. 2010..We compared the quality of care received by managed care Medicaid beneficiaries in counties with a choice of health plans and counties with no choice... - Impact of Medicare Part D on seniors' out-of-pocket expenditures on medicationsChristopher Millett
Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1325-30. 2010..Medicare Part D, introduced in January 2006, was intended to decrease beneficiaries' out-of-pocket expenditures on medications... - Pay for perfomance and the quality of diabetes management in individuals with and without co-morbid medical conditionsChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
J R Soc Med 102:369-77. 2009..To examine the impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, a major pay-for-performance incentive introduced in the UK during 2004, on diabetes management in patients with and without co-morbidity... - Impact of pay for performance on ethnic disparities in intermediate outcomes for diabetes: a longitudinal studyChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK
Diabetes Care 32:404-9. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a major pay for performance incentive on trends in the quality of diabetes care in white, black, and South Asian ethnic groups in an urban setting in the U.K... - Ethnic disparities in blood pressure management in patients with hypertension after the introduction of pay for performanceChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, England
Ann Fam Med 6:490-6. 2008..We examined ethnic disparities in the management of hypertension among patients with and without cardiovascular comorbidities after the implementation of a major pay-for-performance incentive scheme in UK primary care... - Ethnic disparities in coronary heart disease management and pay for performance in the UKChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, England
J Gen Intern Med 24:8-13. 2009..Few pay for performance schemes have been subject to rigorous evaluation, and their impact on disparities in chronic disease management is uncertain... 
Socio-economic status, ethnicity and diabetes management: an analysis of time trends using the health survey for EnglandChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8RP, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:413-9. 2007..We examined trends in the management of diabetes in England between socio-economic and ethnic groups from 1998 to 2004...- Impact of a pay-for-performance incentive on support for smoking cessation and on smoking prevalence among people with diabetesChristopher Millett
Wandsworth Primary Care Research Centre, Wandsworth Primary Care Trust, London, England
CMAJ 176:1705-10. 2007.... - Obesity and intermediate clinical outcomes in diabetes: evidence of a differential relationship across ethnic groupsC Millett
Wandsworth Primary Care Research Centre, Wandsworth PCT, Imperial College, London
Diabet Med 25:685-91. 2008..To examine associations between obesity, ethnicity and intermediate clinical outcomes in diabetes... - Diabetes prevalence, process of care and outcomes in relation to practice size, caseload and deprivation: national cross-sectional study in primary careChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RP, UK
J R Soc Med 100:275-83. 2007..To examine the association between practice list size, deprivation and the quality of care of patients with diabetes... - Diabetes retinopathy screening: audit of equity in participation and selected outcomes in South East LondonChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London W6 8RP, UK
J Med Screen 13:152-5. 2006..To assess uptake of the diabetes retinopathy screening programme in South East London and examine variation in attendance and screening outcomes... - Ethnic disparities in diabetes management and pay-for-performance in the UK: the Wandsworth Prospective Diabetes StudyChristopher Millett
Wandsworth Primary Care Research Centre, Wandsworth Primary Care Trust, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 4:e191. 2007..We examined disparities in management of people with diabetes and intermediate clinical outcomes within a multiethnic population in primary care before and after the introduction of the new contract in April 2004... - Impact of pay for performance on quality of chronic disease management by social class group in EnglandDanielle Crawley
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RP, UK
J R Soc Med 102:103-7. 2009.... - Association of practice size and pay-for-performance incentives with the quality of diabetes management in primary careEszter P Vamos
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
CMAJ 183:E809-16. 2011..We examined this association between 1997 and 2005, in addition to the impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, a pay-for-performance incentive scheme introduced in the United Kingdom in 2004, on diabetes management... - Quality of primary care and hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus in EnglandAlex Bottle
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 31:226-38. 2008..However, low neighborhood socioeconomic status is more strongly associated with hospital admission rates for diabetes... - Effect of a UK pay-for-performance program on ethnic disparities in diabetes outcomes: interrupted time series analysisRiyadh Alshamsan
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, St Dunstan s Road, London, United Kingdom
Ann Fam Med 10:228-34. 2012..We wanted to examine the long-term effects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), a major pay-for-performance program in the United Kingdom, on ethnic disparities in diabetes outcomes... - Uptake of the NHS Health Checks programme in a deprived, culturally diverse setting: cross-sectional studyAndrew R H Dalton
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Rd, London W6 8RP, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 33:422-9. 2011..The UK is embarking on a national cardiovascular risk assessment programme called NHS Health Checks; in order to be effective, high and equitable uptake is paramount... - The comparison of cardiovascular risk scores using two methods of substituting missing risk factor data in patient medical recordsAndrew R H Dalton
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 19:225-32. 2011..However, electronic medical records in UK general practice contain missing risk factor data for which values must be estimated to produce risk scores... - The effects of pay for performance on disparities in stroke, hypertension, and coronary heart disease management: interrupted time series studyJohn Tayu Lee
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e27236. 2011..in white, black and south Asian patients? Has this programme reduced disparities in the quality of care between these ethnic groups? Did general practices with different baseline performance respond differently to this programme?.. - Association of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and all cause mortality in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: retrospective cohort studyEszter Panna Vamos
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK
BMJ 345:e5567. 2012..To examine the effect of systolic and diastolic blood pressure achieved in the first year of treatment on all cause mortality in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with and without established cardiovascular disease... - Patients' ratings of family physician practices on the internet: usage and associations with conventional measures of quality in the English National Health ServiceFelix Greaves
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
J Med Internet Res 14:e146. 2012..Patients are increasingly rating their family physicians on the Internet in the same way as they might rate a hotel on TripAdvisor or a seller on eBay, despite physicians' concerns about this process... - Ethnic disparities in diabetes management: a 10-year population-based repeated cross-sectional study in UK primary careAnju Verma
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, 3rd floor Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 32:250-8. 2010..There has been little research on the impact of quality improvement initiatives on ethnic disparities in diabetes management in the UK... - Impact of pay for performance on inequalities in health care: systematic reviewRiyadh Alshamsan
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 15:178-84. 2010..To assess the impact of pay for performance programmes on inequalities in the quality of health care in relation to age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic status... - Ethnicity and quality of diabetes care in a health system with universal coverage: population-based cross-sectional survey in primary careJeremy Gray
Wandsworth Primary Care Research Centre, Wandsworth Primary Care Trust, London, SW11 6HN, UK
J Gen Intern Med 22:1317-20. 2007..The UK has a universal health care system that is free at the point of access. Over the past decade, the UK government has implemented an ambitious agenda of quality improvement initiatives in chronic disease management... - Blood pressure monitoring and control by cardiovascular disease status in UK primary care: 10 year retrospective cohort study 1998-2007Anthony A Laverty
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RP, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 33:302-9. 2011..Strategies to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK have emphasized improved management of high-risk individuals rather than population-based approaches... - Associations between Internet-based patient ratings and conventional surveys of patient experience in the English NHS: an observational studyFelix Greaves
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Reynolds Building, Charing Cross Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK
BMJ Qual Saf 21:600-5. 2012..The authors also aimed to compare these two methods of measuring patient experience... - Reductions in risk factors for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease by ethnic group in south-west London: 10-year longitudinal study (1998-2007)Joanna Murray
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK
Fam Pract 27:430-8. 2010..To explore trends by ethnicity in clinical risk factor recording and control among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), during a period of major investment in quality improvement initiatives in general practice in England... - Ethnic differences in diabetes management in patients with and without comorbid medical conditions: a cross-sectional studyRiyadh Alshamsan
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Diabetes Care 34:655-7. 2011..To examine ethnic disparities in diabetes management among patients with and without comorbid medical conditions after a period of sustained investment in quality improvement in the U.K... - Has pay for performance improved the management of diabetes in the United Kingdom?Riyadh Alshamsan
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Prim Care Diabetes 4:73-8. 2010..Less is known about the impact of QOF on aspects of diabetes care not reflected in the framework, including self-management and continuity of care... - Impact of a pay-for-performance incentive scheme on age, sex, and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes management in UK primary careFiona Louise Hamilton
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
J Ambul Care Manage 33:336-49. 2010..Patients living in affluent and deprived areas appeared to have derived a similar level of benefit from pay for performance... - Towards a scientific workflow methodology for primary care database studiesVasa Curcin
Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Stat Methods Med Res 19:378-93. 2010.... - Defining primary care sensitive conditions: a necessity for effective primary care delivery?Daniel C Gibbons
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, Charing Cross Campus, London W6 8RP, UK
J R Soc Med 105:422-8. 2012..Indeed, inappropriate utilization of secondary care resources is likely to represent a significant opportunity cost to healthcare providers and may be less desirable for patients... - High-profile investigations into hospital safety problems in England did not prompt patients to switch providersAnthony A Laverty
Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London, London, England
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:593-601. 2012.... - Nationwide study on trends in hospital admissions for major cardiovascular events and procedures among people with and without diabetes in England, 2004-2009Eszter P Vamos
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Diabetes Care 35:265-72. 2012.... - Impacts of a national strategy to reduce population salt intake in England: serial cross sectional studyChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 7:e29836. 2012..The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of this strategy on salt intake in England, including potential effects on health inequalities... - Free bus passes, use of public transport and obesity among older people in EnglandElizabeth Webb
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, Reynolds Building, London W6 8RP, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:176-80. 2012..All residents of England aged 60 years and older became entitled to free travel on local buses on 1 April 2006. This study examines the impact of this policy on public transport use, a mode of active transport and levels of obesity... - Quality improvement in UK primary care: the role of financial incentivesMark Ashworth
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
J Ambul Care Manage 31:220-5. 2008 - Implementation of the NHS Health Checks programme: baseline assessment of risk factor recording in an urban culturally diverse settingAndrew R H Dalton
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St Dunstan s Road, London, UK
Fam Pract 28:34-40. 2011..The potential workload implications of the programme for general practice are considerable, particularly in deprived culturally diverse settings... - Trends in lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes in England, 1996-2005Eszter Panna Vamos
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 87:275-82. 2010..To examine trends in non-traumatic lower extremity amputations over a 10-year-period in people with and without diabetes (DM) in England... - Association between primary care organisation population size and quality of commissioning in England: an observational studyFelix Greaves
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London
Br J Gen Pract 62:e46-54. 2012..The ideal population size of healthcare commissioning organisations is not known... - Changes in the incidence of lower extremity amputations in individuals with and without diabetes in England between 2004 and 2008Eszter P Vamos
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
Diabetes Care 33:2592-7. 2010..To describe recent trends in the incidence of nontraumatic amputations among individuals with and without diabetes and estimate the relative risk of amputations among individuals with diabetes in England... - Trends in cardiovascular admissions and procedures for people with and without diabetes in England, 1996-2005A Bottle
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
Diabetologia 52:74-80. 2009..The aim of this study was to compare 10-year trends in admissions, with and without diabetes recorded, for myocardial infarction, angina, stroke, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)... - Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk amongst the population eligible for the NHS Health Check ProgrammeAndrew R H Dalton
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London UK NHS Ealing, Southall, UK
Eur J Prev Cardiol 20:142-50. 2013..We aimed to assess the prevalence of high CVD risk in the English population, using the two CVD risk scores and the 20% cut off mandated in national policy, and the prevalence of risk factors within this population... - The impact of a free older persons' bus pass on active travel and regular walking in EnglandSophie Coronini-Cronberg
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Rd, London W6 8RP, UK
Am J Public Health 102:2141-8. 2012..We assessed the potential public health benefit of the National Bus Pass, introduced in 2006, which permits free local bus travel for older adults (≥ 60 years) in England... - Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors prior to NHS Health Checks in an urban setting: cross-sectional studyMacide Artac
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3 Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London, W6 8RP, UK
JRSM Short Rep 3:17. 2012..To assess the completeness of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor recording and levels of risk factors in patients eligible for the NHS Health Check... - Effect of smoke-free legislation on adult smoking behaviour in England in the 18 months following implementationJohn Tayu Lee
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e20933. 2011..This study examines the impact of this legislation on smoking prevalence, number of cigarettes smoked and location of smoking, controlling for secular trends through the end of 2008... - Harnessing the cloud of patient experience: using social media to detect poor quality healthcareFelix Greaves
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
BMJ Qual Saf 22:251-5. 2013..We consider the various sources of information that could be used, the limitations of the approach and discuss whether these new techniques could detect poor performance before conventional measures of healthcare quality... - Differences in the classification of hypertensive controlled patient in primary care: Cross sectional studyLena Barrera
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, Charing Cross Campus, London W6 8RP, UK Department of Internal Medicine Universidad del Valle, Calle 5 No 36 08 Puiso 2, Cali, Colombia
JRSM Short Rep 3:72. 2012..To examine differences in blood pressure control using the 2006 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and the 2007 Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) standards... - Exploring the effects of population mobility on cervical screening coverageC Millett
Cervical Screening Programme Quality Assurance Team, NHS Executive, London, UK
Public Health 116:353-60. 2002..Moving towards a resident-based system, whereby the numbers screened are related to the number of residents, avoids some of the problems associated with list inflation and gives a fairer picture of coverage of the eligible population... - Government Inaction on Ratings and Government Subsidies to the US Film Industry Help Promote Youth SmokingChristopher Millett
Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 8:e1001077. 2011b>Christopher Millett and colleagues examine government inaction on the WHO recommendation for adult content ratings in films with smoking, and highlight the generous film industry subsidies these countries provide. - Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' diseaseK Lock
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Epidemiol Infect 136:1306-14. 2008..Whether the threshold for investigation of cases should be based on observed incidence rates or the cost-effectiveness of investigations, or both, should be debated further... - Association of age, sex and deprivation with quality indicators for diabetes: population-based cross sectional survey in primary careJeremy Gray
Wandsworth Primary Care Research Centre, London SW11 6HN
J R Soc Med 99:576-81. 2006..Longitudinal studies are required to determine whether current UK quality improvement initiatives have been successful in attenuating existing variations in care and treatment outcomes... - An evaluation of a social marketing campaign to reduce the number of London women who have never been screened for cervical cancerChristopher Millett
J Med Screen 12:204-5. 2005 - The 'Quality and Outcomes Framework': improving care, but are all patients benefiting?Elizabeth Koshy
J R Soc Med 101:432-3. 2008