Diabetes care: reasons for missing HbA1c measurements in general practice
Diabetes care: reasons for missing HbA1c measurements in general practice
Abstract
Background
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is often used as one of the indicators to measure the quality of diabetes care. Complete registration is difficult to obtain. This study investigated the reasons for missing HbA1c measurements.
Findings
Epidemiology of frequent attenders: a 3-year historic cohort study comparing attendance, morbidity and prescriptions of one-year and persistent frequent attenders
Abstract
Background
General Practitioners spend a disproportionate amount of time on frequent attenders. So far, trials on the effect of interventions on frequent attenders have shown negative results. However, these trials were conducted in short-term frequent attenders. It would b...
Epidemiology of frequent attenders: a 3-year historic cohort study comparing attendance, morbidity and prescriptions of one-year and persistent frequent attenders
Predictability of persistent frequent attendance: a historic 3-year cohort study
Antibiotics and steroids for exacerbations of COPD in primary care: compliance with Dutch guidelines
Usefulness of primary care electronic networks to assess the incidence of chlamydia, diagnosed by general practitioners
Abstract
Background
Chlamydia is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Netherlands. The majority of chlamydia diagnoses are made by general practitioners (GPs). Baseline data from primary care will facilitate the future evaluation of the ongoing large p...