Browsing by Subject "National Health Programs"
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Assessing the performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs programme.
(2014-04)OBJECTIVES: The study aims to increase knowledge about the performance of the EuroQol-visual analogue scales (EQ-VAS) in the UK NHS patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) programme, which covers groin hernia, hip and ... -
Completeness and usability of ethnicity data in UK-based primary care and hospital databases.
(2014-12)BACKGROUND: Ethnicity recording across the National Health Service (NHS) has improved dramatically over the past decade. This study profiles the completeness, consistency and representativeness of routinely collected ... -
Emergency general surgery in the United Kingdom: A lot of general, not many emergencies, and not much surgery.
(2018-09)BACKGROUND: The provision of emergency general surgery services is a global issue, with important implications for patients and workforce. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of emergency general ... -
Involving older people in health research.
(2007-09)BACKGROUND: It is a UK policy requirement to involve patients and the public in health research as active partners. OBJECTIVE: We reviewed published reports of studies which involved older people in commissioning, prioritizng, ... -
Service use and costs for people with headache: a UK primary care study.
(2011-12)This paper aims to estimate the service and social costs of headache presenting in primary care and to identify predictors of headache costs. Patients were recruited from GP practices in England and service use and lost ... -
Should young people be paid for getting tested? A national comparative study to evaluate patient financial incentives for chlamydia screening.
(2012-04-02)BACKGROUND: Patient financial incentives ("incentives") have been widely used to promote chlamydia screening uptake amongst 15-24 year olds in England, but there is scarce evidence of their effectiveness. The objectives ...