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Ian A Rowe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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achievement of nice quality standards for patients with new presentation of inflammatory arthritis observations from the national clinical Audit for rheumatoid and early inflammatory arthritis
Rheumatology, 2017Co-Authors: Joanna M Ledingham, James Galloway, Neil Snowden, Ali Rivett, Zoe Ide, Jill Firth, Elizabeth Macphie, Ngianga Ii Kandala, Elaine M Dennison, Ian A RoweAbstract:Objectives. A national Audit was performed assessing the early management of suspected inflammatory arthritis by English and Welsh rheumatology units. The aim of this Audit was to measure the performance of rheumatology services against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards (QSs) for the management of early inflammatory arthritis benchmarked to regional and national comparators for the first time in the UK.Methods. All individuals >16 years of age presenting to rheumatology services in England and Wales with suspected new-onset inflammatory arthritis were included in the Audit. Information was collected against six NICE QSs that pertain to early inflammatory arthritis management.Results. We present national data for the 6354 patients recruited from 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015; 97% of trusts and health boards in England and Wales participated in this Audit. Only 17% of patients were referred by their general practitioner within 3 days of first presentation. Specialist rheumatology assessment occurred within 3 weeks of referral in 38% of patients. The target of DMARD initiation within 6 weeks of referral was achieved in 53% of RA patients; 36% were treated with combination DMARDs and 82% with steroids within the first 3 months of specialist care. Fifty-nine per cent of patients received structured education on their arthritis within 1 month of diagnosis. In total, 91% of patients had a treatment target set; the agreed target was achieved within 3 months of specialist review in only 27% of patients. Access to urgent advice via a telephone helpline was reported to be available in 96% of trusts.Conclusion. The Audit has highlighted gaps between NICE standards and delivery of care, as well as substantial geographic variability.
Michael Mckee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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getting the word out enforcement Information dissemination and compliance behavior
Journal of Public Economics, 2009Co-Authors: James Alm, Betty R Jackson, Michael MckeeAbstract:The question for the tax authority is how individuals become aware of enforcement effort. To be an effective tool in reducing tax evasion taxpayers must be aware of the current Audit and penalty regime. We use laboratory experiments to examine the compliance impact of types of Information dissemination regarding Audit frequency and results. The Information includes “official” Information disseminated by the tax authority, and “unofficial”, or informal, communications among taxpayers. Our results indicate that the effect of the type of post-Audit Information is conditional on whether the taxpayer is well informed of the Audit rate prior to filing. We find that the tax authority would be served by pre-announcing Audit rates credibly and by emphasizing the previous period Audit frequency in annual reporting of enforcement effort.
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Audit Information dissemination taxpayer communication and tax compliance an experimental investigation of indirect Audit effects
2004Co-Authors: Betty R Jackson, Michael MckeeAbstract:ABSTRACT Taxpayer Audits are a central feature of the voluntary compliance system in the United States federal individual income tax. Audits are thought to have a direct deterrent effect on the individuals actually Audited. In addition, Audits are believed to have an indirect deterrent effect on individuals not Audited, and there is some empirical evidence that suggests that changes in Audit rates affect compliance beyond the Audited individuals themselves. However, empirical studies cannot measure or control for taxpayer awareness of Audit risk. As a result, there is no evidence on the magnitude of the effects of Audit risk awareness on taxpayer compliance; that is, the effects on compliance of the ways in which taxpayers learn about – and communicate among themselves – Audit rates are not known, and cannot be addressed or discovered by empirical studies. In this study, we examine three types of communication about Audit frequency and Audit results using laboratory market experiments in which the Audit setting and communication opportunities are controlled. In all experimental treatments, subjects are informed of the objective probability that their return will be Audited and the success rate of the Audit process. In the base case sessions, the subjects receive no Information about Audit results beyond their own Audit experience. In a second treatment the same objective Audit rates are in effect, and subjects are also told by the experimenter the actual number of Audits conducted during a period. In the third treatment the subjects are offered the opportunity to send a “message” to the other participants about their Audit experience; subjects may also choose to send no message; and subjects may choose to send a message that is truthful or not. The data allow us to test hypotheses about the effects of two types of communication of Audit results, in order to explore the direct and the indirect effects of Audits: “official” communications from the “government” (e.g., the experimenter) and “unofficial”, or informal, communications among “taxpayers” (e.g., the subjects). Our results indicate that “unofficial” communications have a strong indirect effect that increases compliance, but that “official” communications may not encourage voluntary compliance.
Joanna M Ledingham - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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achievement of nice quality standards for patients with new presentation of inflammatory arthritis observations from the national clinical Audit for rheumatoid and early inflammatory arthritis
Rheumatology, 2017Co-Authors: Joanna M Ledingham, James Galloway, Neil Snowden, Ali Rivett, Zoe Ide, Jill Firth, Elizabeth Macphie, Ngianga Ii Kandala, Elaine M Dennison, Ian A RoweAbstract:Objectives. A national Audit was performed assessing the early management of suspected inflammatory arthritis by English and Welsh rheumatology units. The aim of this Audit was to measure the performance of rheumatology services against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards (QSs) for the management of early inflammatory arthritis benchmarked to regional and national comparators for the first time in the UK.Methods. All individuals >16 years of age presenting to rheumatology services in England and Wales with suspected new-onset inflammatory arthritis were included in the Audit. Information was collected against six NICE QSs that pertain to early inflammatory arthritis management.Results. We present national data for the 6354 patients recruited from 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015; 97% of trusts and health boards in England and Wales participated in this Audit. Only 17% of patients were referred by their general practitioner within 3 days of first presentation. Specialist rheumatology assessment occurred within 3 weeks of referral in 38% of patients. The target of DMARD initiation within 6 weeks of referral was achieved in 53% of RA patients; 36% were treated with combination DMARDs and 82% with steroids within the first 3 months of specialist care. Fifty-nine per cent of patients received structured education on their arthritis within 1 month of diagnosis. In total, 91% of patients had a treatment target set; the agreed target was achieved within 3 months of specialist review in only 27% of patients. Access to urgent advice via a telephone helpline was reported to be available in 96% of trusts.Conclusion. The Audit has highlighted gaps between NICE standards and delivery of care, as well as substantial geographic variability.
James Galloway - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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achievement of nice quality standards for patients with new presentation of inflammatory arthritis observations from the national clinical Audit for rheumatoid and early inflammatory arthritis
Rheumatology, 2017Co-Authors: Joanna M Ledingham, James Galloway, Neil Snowden, Ali Rivett, Zoe Ide, Jill Firth, Elizabeth Macphie, Ngianga Ii Kandala, Elaine M Dennison, Ian A RoweAbstract:Objectives. A national Audit was performed assessing the early management of suspected inflammatory arthritis by English and Welsh rheumatology units. The aim of this Audit was to measure the performance of rheumatology services against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards (QSs) for the management of early inflammatory arthritis benchmarked to regional and national comparators for the first time in the UK.Methods. All individuals >16 years of age presenting to rheumatology services in England and Wales with suspected new-onset inflammatory arthritis were included in the Audit. Information was collected against six NICE QSs that pertain to early inflammatory arthritis management.Results. We present national data for the 6354 patients recruited from 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015; 97% of trusts and health boards in England and Wales participated in this Audit. Only 17% of patients were referred by their general practitioner within 3 days of first presentation. Specialist rheumatology assessment occurred within 3 weeks of referral in 38% of patients. The target of DMARD initiation within 6 weeks of referral was achieved in 53% of RA patients; 36% were treated with combination DMARDs and 82% with steroids within the first 3 months of specialist care. Fifty-nine per cent of patients received structured education on their arthritis within 1 month of diagnosis. In total, 91% of patients had a treatment target set; the agreed target was achieved within 3 months of specialist review in only 27% of patients. Access to urgent advice via a telephone helpline was reported to be available in 96% of trusts.Conclusion. The Audit has highlighted gaps between NICE standards and delivery of care, as well as substantial geographic variability.
Elaine M Dennison - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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achievement of nice quality standards for patients with new presentation of inflammatory arthritis observations from the national clinical Audit for rheumatoid and early inflammatory arthritis
Rheumatology, 2017Co-Authors: Joanna M Ledingham, James Galloway, Neil Snowden, Ali Rivett, Zoe Ide, Jill Firth, Elizabeth Macphie, Ngianga Ii Kandala, Elaine M Dennison, Ian A RoweAbstract:Objectives. A national Audit was performed assessing the early management of suspected inflammatory arthritis by English and Welsh rheumatology units. The aim of this Audit was to measure the performance of rheumatology services against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards (QSs) for the management of early inflammatory arthritis benchmarked to regional and national comparators for the first time in the UK.Methods. All individuals >16 years of age presenting to rheumatology services in England and Wales with suspected new-onset inflammatory arthritis were included in the Audit. Information was collected against six NICE QSs that pertain to early inflammatory arthritis management.Results. We present national data for the 6354 patients recruited from 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015; 97% of trusts and health boards in England and Wales participated in this Audit. Only 17% of patients were referred by their general practitioner within 3 days of first presentation. Specialist rheumatology assessment occurred within 3 weeks of referral in 38% of patients. The target of DMARD initiation within 6 weeks of referral was achieved in 53% of RA patients; 36% were treated with combination DMARDs and 82% with steroids within the first 3 months of specialist care. Fifty-nine per cent of patients received structured education on their arthritis within 1 month of diagnosis. In total, 91% of patients had a treatment target set; the agreed target was achieved within 3 months of specialist review in only 27% of patients. Access to urgent advice via a telephone helpline was reported to be available in 96% of trusts.Conclusion. The Audit has highlighted gaps between NICE standards and delivery of care, as well as substantial geographic variability.