BACKGROUND. Capitation payments make up the majority of General Practice income in the UK NHS. Capitation payments are weighted using the Carr-Hill formula to take account of factors affecting workload. Read more
It has been demonstrated that used Facebook users’ “likes” can be used to reliably identify their personality characteristics and preferences.[1] This project proposes to use general practitioners’ (GPs’) prescribing decisions to characterise their treatment preferences and provide insights into variation in clinical behaviour between clinicians. Read more
