Partner notification of chlamydia infection in primary care: Randomised controlled trial and analysis of resource use

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7532, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Low, Nicola ^a,e   McCarthy, Anne ^a   Roberts, Tracy E ^b   Huengsberg, Mia ^c   Sanford, Emma ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Macleod, John ^b   Salisbury, Chris ^a   Pye, Karl ^d   Holloway, Aisha ^b   Morcom, Andrea ^b   Patel, Rita ^a   Robinson, Suzanne M ^b   Horner, Paddy ^d   Barton, Pelham M ^b   Egger, Matthias ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER NOTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; VULVA;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 30344475830     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38678.405370.7C     Document Type: Article

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