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| Title |
The time-efficiency principle: time as the key diagnostic strategy in primary care
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Family Practice, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1093/fampra/cmt007 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Greg Irving, John Holden |
| Abstract |
The test and retest opportunity afforded by reviewing a patient over time substantially increases the total gain in certainty when making a diagnosis in low-prevalence settings (the time-efficiency principle). This approach safely and efficiently reduces the number of patients who need to be formally tested in order to make a correct diagnosis for a person. Time, in terms of observed disease trajectory, provides a vital mechanism for achieving this task. It remains the best strategy for delivering near-optimal diagnoses in low-prevalence settings and should be used to its full advantage. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 60 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 13 | 22% |
| Spain | 5 | 8% |
| United States | 4 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 5% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 2% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 24 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 29 | 48% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 17 | 28% |
| Scientists | 12 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 8 | 16% |
| Researcher | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 22% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 47% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 January 2023.
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#1,124,237
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Outputs from Family Practice
#81
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#8,190
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Outputs of similar age from Family Practice
#1
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