منابع مشابه
General practitioner referral rates.
Interpretation is difficult There are large differences in how often general practitioners refer patients to hospital.'14 These differences are attracting growing attention-partly from the Department of Health and Social Security, which is concerned to ensure the efficient use of resources, and partly from district health authorities, some of which have tried to save money by limiting referrals...
متن کاملColposcopy: Implications For Management
IkIcllground: This study examines the frequency of nondiagnostic findings from colposcopic biopsies at the University of Washington Family Medical Center Colposcopy Clinic and reviews the literature for any current recommendations for management of such cases. Methods: We reviewed 138 consecutive colposcopy reports covering the period fromJanuary 1990 to August 1991 from the Colposcopy Clinic a...
متن کاملIrish GP referral rates and influencing factors
Background General practitioners (GPs) play a key role as the gatekeepers of access to secondary care in Ireland, and indeed in many healthcare systems worldwide [1]. This role has been shown to be crucial in providing cost-effective healthcare delivery. Our study aimed to analyse the GP referral process and the factors by which referral rates may be influenced, particularly those that are uniq...
متن کاملPerformance of p16/Ki-67 immunostaining to detect cervical cancer precursors in a colposcopy referral population.
PURPOSE Cytology-based screening has limited sensitivity to detect prevalent cervical precancers. Human papilloma virus (HPV) DNA testing is highly sensitive and provides a high, long-term reassurance of low risk of cervical cancer. However, the specificity of HPV DNA testing is limited, requiring additional, more disease-specific markers for efficient screening approaches. EXPERIMENTAL DESIG...
متن کاملHow distressing is referral to colposcopy in cervical cancer screening?: a prospective quality of life study.
OBJECTIVE Referral for colposcopy because of abnormal Pap test results is likely to be distressing, but the extent and duration of these effects are unknown. We aimed to fill this gap. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study at two departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (an academic and a non-academic setting). Women referred for colposcopy completed questionnaires before col...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6764.1335-c