Abstract
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is managed predominantly in primary care in the United Kingdom (UK) and high quality care has been incentivised since 2004 through the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), a pay for performance scheme. Although the National Health Service (NHS) is free at the point of care in the UK, inequalities in care still exist. We aimed to: 1. Investigate whether there were inequalities with respect to age, gender or deprivation of patients receiving …
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