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SUBMITTER: Turner PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957010 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Turner Philip J PJ Van den Bruel Ann A Jones Caroline H D CH Plüddemann Annette A Heneghan Carl C Thompson Matthew J MJ Price Christopher P CP Howick Jeremy J
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<h4>Background</h4>A number of point-of-care diagnostic tests are commercially available in the UK, however, not much is known regarding GPs' desire for these tests or the clinical areas of interest.<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to establish for which conditions point-of-care tests (POCTs) would be most helpful to UK GPs for diagnosis, reduction of referrals, and monitoring of chronic conditions.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 1635 regionally representative GPs were invited to complete an online cross- ...[more]