Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: An audit comparing how the treatment of hypothyroidism has changed since the introduction of the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) in April 2004 according to UK guidelines published by the Association of Clinical Biochemists and the British Thyroid Association (BTA) in 2005.Method: Data were collected from all patients with primary hypothyroidism in a fully computerized practice of 9830 patients under the care of 9 general practitioners. The mos...