OpenPathology papers
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Optimising laboratory monitoring of chronic conditions in primary care
This project set out to standardise the blood tests used for monitoring of chronic conditions in primary care across North Devon, and to measure and reduce the harms of unwarranted testing.
Status: Published
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- OpenPathology
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Practice variation in the use of tests in UK primary care
A retrospective analysis of 16 million tests performed over 3.3 million patient years in 2015/16. We set out to identify tests ordered from UK primary care that are subject to the greatest between-practice variation in their use.
Status: Published
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- OpenPathology
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Temporal trends in use of tests in UK primary care, 2000-15
Assessing the temporal change in test use in UK primary care and to identify tests with the greatest increase in use.
Status: Published
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- OpenPathology
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Variation in diagnostic test requests and outcomes: a preliminary metric for OpenPathology.net
We explored C-reactive Protein (CRP) and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) tests ordered across Oxfordshire NHS General Practices, and the proportion of tests that yielded an abnormal result, and identified practices that had a proportion of abnormal CRP and ESR results 3 standard deviations below the mean.
Status: Published
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- OpenPathology