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SUBMITTER: Gulliford MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053837 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gulliford Martin C MC Khoshaba Bernadette B McDermott Lisa L Cornelius Victoria V Ashworth Mark M Fuller Frances F Miller Jane J Dodhia Hiten H Wright Alison J AJ
Journal of public health (Oxford, England) 20180601 2
<h4>Background</h4>A population-based programme of health checks has been established in England. Participants receive postal invitations through a population-based call-recall system but health check providers may also offer health checks opportunistically. We compared cardiovascular risk scores for 'invited' and 'opportunistic' health checks.<h4>Methods</h4>Cohort study of all health checks completed at 18 general practices from July 2013 to June 2015. For each general practice, cardiovascular ...[more]