
IQCE Policy Brief No. 11 by Jamie O‘HalloranUpcoding behaviour of GPs and response to changes in value of upcoding
15 November 2020
IQCE Policy Brief No. 11, November 2020: "Upcoding behaviour of GPs and response to changes in value of upcoding" by Jamie O‘Halloran
Key Findings
• Up to 11% of all travel fees are upcoded whereas only 3% are downcoded
• After the fee rise, we observe a small reduction in upcoding of 0.5%
• This is driven by a reduction in the least valuable home visits of 1-2%
• However, we see an increase in upcoding one of the most valuable home visits of 6-7%