Point-of-care testing in UK primary care: A survey to establish clinical needs

Family Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 388-394

  Turner, Philip J ^a   Van den Bruel, Ann ^a   Jones, Caroline H D ^a   Plüddemann, Annette ^a   Heneghan, Carl ^a   Thompson, Matthew J ^b   Price, Christopher P ^a   Howick, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Diagnostic tests; General practitioners; Point of care; Primary health care; Surveys and questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84982179605     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmw018     Document Type: Article

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