NHS health checks are a waste of resources

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Braillon, Alain ^a   Bewley, Susan ^b   Pisinger, Charlotta ^c   Fisken, Roger A ^d   Richmond, Caroline ^d  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; WELLBEING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84924097777     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1006     Document Type: Letter

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