Primary Care

Best practice guidance for antibiotic audit and feedback interventions in primary care: a modified Delphi study from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial resistance: Primary Care Antibiotic Audit and Feedback Network (JPIAMR-PAAN) – Schwartz et al.

2023-11-01T10:59:01+11:00Antibiotics, General Practice, Prescribing, Primary Care, Publications|

This paper provides expert-derived best practice recommendations for designing and evaluating peer comparison A&F for antibiotic prescribing in primary care. These 13 statements can be used by A&F designers to optimize the impact of their quality improvement interventions, and improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care.

Prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal complaints in primary care: an analysis from the population level and analysis reporting (POLAR) database – Romi Haas et al.

2023-03-01T13:45:04+11:00Knee, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Primary Care, Publications, Shoulder|

The burden of MSK complaints at the primary care level is high as evidenced by the prevalence of people with musculoskeletal complaints presenting to a general practitioner, the preponderance of comorbidities and the numerous consultations per year. Identification and evaluation of strategies to reduce this [...]

Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study – Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss et. al

2023-01-25T14:58:26+11:00Health professionals, Primary Care, Primary Health Networks, Publications, Research|

Reporting guidelines can improve dissemination and application of findings and help avoid research waste. Recent studies reveal opportunities to improve primary care (PC) reporting. Despite increasing numbers of guidelines, none exists for PC research. This study aims to prioritise candidate reporting items to inform a [...]

Patterns of care for people presenting to Australian general practice with musculoskeletal complaints based on routinely collected data: protocol for an observational cohort study using the Population Level Analysis and Reporting (POLAR) database – Romi Haas et al.

2022-01-06T04:22:11+11:00Musculoskeletal, Primary Care, Publications|

General practice is integral to the Australian healthcare system. Outcome Health’s POpulation Level Analysis and Reporting (POLAR) database uses de-identified electronic health records to analyse general practice data in Australia. Previous studies using routinely collected health data for research have not consistently reported the codes [...]

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