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Use of tests in UK primary care
Clinical implications of increased testing in primary care
BMJ 2019; 364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l175 (Published 15 January 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;364:l175
- Jessica Watson, general practitioner and NIHR doctoral research fellow1,
- Fergus Hamilton, specialist registrar in microbiology2,
- Sarah Bailey, research fellow3,
- Luke Mounce, research fellow3,
- Willie Hamilton, professor of primary care diagnostics3
- 1Centre for Academic Primary Care, Canynge Hall, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
- 2North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
- 3College House, University of Exeter, St Luke’s Campus, Exeter, UK
- jessica.watson{at}bristol.ac.uk
O’Sullivan and colleagues showed a marked increase in test usage in primary care.1 This has implications not only for general practitioner workload, but also for clinicians interpreting test results. Despite rising testing rates we are not seeing a concomitant rise in disease incidence. Presumably testing is shifting …
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