PRImary care Streptococcal Management (PRISM) study: In vitro study, diagnostic cohorts and a pragmatic adaptive randomised controlled trial with nested qualitative study and cost-effectiveness study

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1-101

  Little, Paul ^a   Hobbs, F D Richard ^b   Moore, Michael ^a   Mant, David ^c   Williamson, Ian ^a   McNulty, Cliodna ^d   Lasseter, Gemma ^d   Cheng, M Y Edith ^a   Leydon, Geraldine ^a   McDermott, Lisa ^a   Turner, David ^a   Pinedo Villanueva, Rafael ^a   Raftery, James ^a   Glasziou, Paul ^c   Mullee, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; COMPLICATION; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEVER; FEVERPAIN SCORE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY TEST KIT; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LIKERT SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID ANTIGEN DETECTION TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; THERAPY DELAY; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893382146     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta18060     Document Type: Article

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