Morbidity severity classifying routine consultations from English and Dutch general practice indicated physical health status

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386.e1-386.e9

  Kadam, U T ^a   Schellevis, F G ^b,c   van der Windt, D A W M ^a,c   de Vet, H C W ^c   Bouter, L M ^c   Croft, P R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Comorbidity; General practice; Health status indicators; Medical records; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

EID: 39649107124     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Bowling A. Research methods in health (1997), Open University Press, Buckingham
2. McCormick A., Fleming D., and Charlton J. Morbidity Statistics from General Practice: Fourth National Study 1991-92. Series MB5 No. 3. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (1995), HMSO, London
3. Kadam U.T., Croft P., and Lewis M. Use of a cross-sectional survey to estimate outcome of health care: the example of anxiety and depression. J Clin Epidemiol 54 (2001) 1112-1119
4. Hay E.M., Mullis R., Lewis M., Vohora K., Main C.J., Watson P., et al. Comparison of physical treatments versus a brief pain-management programme for back pain in primary care: a randomised clinical trial in physiotherapy practice. Lancet 365 (2005) 2024-2030
5. UK Beam Trial Team. United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care. BMJ 329 (2004) 1377
6. Neal R.D., Heywood P.L., Morley S., Clayden A.D., and Dowell A.C. Frequency of patients' consulting in general practice and workload generated by frequent attenders: comparisons between practices. Br J Gen Pract 48 (1998) 895-898
7. Weiner J.P., Starfield B.H., Steinwachs D.M., and Mumford L.M. Development and application of a population-oriented measure of ambulatory care case-mix. Med Care 29 (1991) 452-472
8. Parkerson Jr. G.R., Michener J.L., Yarnall K.S., and Hammond W.E. Duke Case-Mix System for ambulatory health care. J Clin Epidemiol 50 (1997) 1385-1394
9. van den Bosch W.J., Huygen F.J., van den Hoogen H.J., and van Weel C. Morbidity in early childhood: differences between girls and boys under 10 years old. Br J Gen Pract 42 (1992) 366-369
10. Royal College of General Practitioners, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, and Department of Health. Morbidity statistics from general practice 1981-82: third national study (MSGP3). Series MB5 No.1; London; HMSO: 1986.
11. Streiner D.L., and Norman G.R. Health measurement scales. A practical guide to their development and use. 2nd ed. (2001), OUP, Oxford
12. Deckers J.G.M., and Schellevis F.G. Health information from primary care. Final report, December 1, 2001-March 31, 2004 (2004), NIVEL, Utrecht
13. Harding A., and Stuart-Buttle C. The development and role of the Read codes. J Ahima 69 (1998) 34-38
14. Kadam U.T., Jordan K., and Croft P.R. A comparison of two consensus methods in a single professional group showed the same outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol 59 (2006) 1169-1173
15. Westert G.P., Schellevis F.G., Bakker D.H.d., Groenewegen P.P., Bensing J.M., and Zee J.v.d. Monitoring health inequalities through General Practice: the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice. Eur J Public Health 15 (2005) 59-65
16. Porcheret M., Hughes R., Evans D., Jordan K., Whitehurst T., Ogden H., et al. Data quality of general practice electronic health records: the impact of a program of assessments, feedback, and training. J Am Med Inform Assoc 11 (2004) 78-86
17. Bentsen B.G. International classification of primary care. Scand J Prim Health Care 4 (1986) 43-50
18. Jinks C., Jordan K., Ong B.N., and Croft P. A brief screening tool for knee pain in primary care (KNEST). 2. Results from a survey in the general population aged 50 and over. Rheumatology 43 (2004) 55-61
19. Thomas E., Wilkie R., Peat G., Hill S., Dziedzic K., and Croft P. The North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project-NorStOP: prospective, 3-year study of the epidemiology and management of clinical osteoarthritis in a general population of older adults. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 5 (2004) 2
20. Townsend P., Phillimore P., and Beattie A. Health and deprivation: Inequality and the north (1988), Croom Helm, London
21. Ware Jr. J.E., and Sherbourne C.D. The MOS 36-item short form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection. Med Care 30 (1992) 473-483
22. Jenkinson C., Layte R., Jenkinson D., Lawrence K., Petersen S., Paice C., et al. A shorter form health survey: can the SF-12 replicate results from the SF-36 in longitudinal studies?. J Public Health Med 19 (1997) 179-186
23. Kosinski M., Bayliss M.M., Bjorner J.B., and Ware Jr. J.E. Improving estimates of SF-36 health survey scores for respondents with missing data. Medical Outcomes Trust Monitor 5 (2000) 8-10
24. Brayne C., Matthews F.E., McGee M.A., and Jagger C. Health and ill-health in the older population in England and Wales. The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS). Age Ageing 30 (2001) 53-62
25. Vedsted P., and Christensen M.B. Frequent attenders in general practice care: a literature review with special reference to methodological considerations. Public Health 119 (2005) 118-137
26. McNiece R., and Majeed A. Socioeconomic differences in general practice consultation rates in patients aged 65 and over: prospective cohort study. BMJ 319 (1999) 26-28
27. O'Halloran J., Miller G.C., and Britt H. Defining chronic conditions for primary care with ICPC-2. Fam Pract 21 (2004) 381-386
28. Wagner E.H., and Groves T. Care for chronic diseases. BMJ 325 (2002) 913-914
29. Sprangers M.A., de Regt E.B., Andries F., van Agt H.M., Bijl R.V., de Boer J.B., et al. Which chronic conditions are associated with better or poorer quality of life?. J Clin Epidemiol 53 (2000) 895-907
30. Wilder C.S. Report No. 15. Acute Conditions: Incidence and associated disability: United States, July 1963-June 1964. National Centre for Health Statistics. Available at. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/series Accessed December 23, 2005
31. Kuller L.H. Relationship between acute and chronic disease epidemiology. Yale J Biol Med 60 (1987) 363-377
32. Memel D.S., Kirwan J.R., Sharp D.J., and Hehir M. General practitioners miss disability and anxiety as well as depression in their patients with osteoarthritis. Br J Gen Pract 50 (2000) 645-648
33. Jordan K., Porcheret M., and Croft P. Quality of morbidity coding in general practice computerized medical records: a systematic review. Fam Pract 21 (2004) 396-412
34. Jick H., Jick S.S., and Derby L.E. Validation of information recorded on general practitioner based computerised data resource in the United Kingdom. BMJ 302 (1991) 766-768
35. Von Korff M., Gruman J., Schaefer J., Curry S.J., and Wagner E.H. Collaborative management of chronic illness. Ann Intern Med 127 (1997) 1097-1102
36. Hutt R., Rosen R., and McCauley J. Case managing long-term conditions: What impact does it have in the treatment of older people? (2004), King's Fund, London