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Associations between diagnostic activity and measures of patient experience in primary care: a cross-sectional ecological study of English general practices

Overview of attention for article published in British Journal of General Practice, December 2017
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Title
Associations between diagnostic activity and measures of patient experience in primary care: a cross-sectional ecological study of English general practices
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British Journal of General Practice, December 2017
DOI 10.3399/bjgp17x694097
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Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Silvia C Mendonca, Carolynn Gildea, Sean McPhail, Michael D Peake, Greg Rubin, Hardeep Singh, William Hamilton, Fiona M Walter, Martin Roland, Gary A Abel

Abstract

Lower use of endoscopies and urgent referrals for suspected cancer has been linked to poorer outcomes for patients with cancer; it is important to examine potential predictors of variable use. To examine the associations between general practice measures of patient experience and practice use of endoscopies or urgent referrals for suspected cancer. Cross-sectional ecological analysis in English general practices. Data were taken from the GP Patient Survey and the Cancer Services Public Health Profiles. After adjustment for practice population characteristics, practice-level associations were examined between the use of endoscopy and urgent referrals for suspected cancer, and the ability to book an appointment (used as proxy for ease of access), the ability to see a preferred doctor (used as proxy for relational continuity), and doctor/nurse communication skills. Taking into account practice scores for the ability to book an appointment, practices rated higher for the proxy measure of relational continuity used urgent referrals and endoscopies less often (for example, 30% lower urgent referral and 15% lower gastroscopy rates between practices in the 90th/10th centiles, respectively). In contrast, practices rated higher for doctor communication skills used urgent referrals and endoscopies more often (for example, 26% higher urgent referral and 17% higher gastroscopy rates between practices in the 90th/10th centiles, respectively). Patients with cancer in practices that were rated higher for doctor communication skills were less likely to be diagnosed as emergencies (1.7% lower between practices in the 90th than in the 10th centile). Practices where patients rated doctor communication highly were more likely to investigate and refer patients urgently but, in contrast, practices where patients could see their preferred doctor more readily were less likely to do so. This article discusses the possible implications of these findings for clinical practice.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 56 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 18%
Student > Master 8 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Student > Postgraduate 3 5%
Student > Bachelor 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 22 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 11%
Social Sciences 4 7%
Psychology 1 2%
Unspecified 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 28 50%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. 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 15 December 2021.
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#1,294,950
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Outputs of similar age from British Journal of General Practice
#12
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