‘Diagnostic downshift’: clinical and system consequences of extrapolating secondary care testing tac...
‘Diagnostic downshift’: clinical and system consequences of extrapolating secondary care testing tactics to primary care
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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English
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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Numerous drivers push specialist diagnostic approaches down to primary care (‘diagnostic downshift’), intuitively welcomed by clinicians and patients. However, primary care’s different population and processes result in under-recognised, unintended consequences. Testing performs poorer in primary care, with indication creep due to earlier, more und...
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‘Diagnostic downshift’: clinical and system consequences of extrapolating secondary care testing tactics to primary care
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2539214231
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2539214231
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2515-446X
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2515-4478
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10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111629
