Primary health care

Iyen, B. ., Coupland, C. ., Bell, B. G., Ashcroft, D. M., Orrell, M. W., Bishara, D. ., … Avery, A. J. (2024). Risk of dementia associated with anticholinergic drugs for overactive bladder in adults aged ≥55 years: nested case-control study. BMJ Med, 3, e000799. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2023-000799
Thomas, E. T., Withrow, D. R., Drakesmith, C. W., Gill, P. J., Perera-Salazar, R. ., & Heneghan, C. . (2024). Temporal trends and practice variation of paediatric diagnostic tests in primary care: retrospective analysis of 14 million tests. Fam Med Community Health, 12. http://doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2024-002991
Davies, L. E., Sinclair, D. R., Kingston, A. ., Spiers, G. F., & Hanratty, B. . (2024). Is it possible to identify populations experiencing material disadvantage in primary care? A feasibility study using the Clinical Practice Research Database. J Epidemiol Community Health. http://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-222396
Graham, S. ., Walker, J. L., Andrews, N. ., Nitsch, D. ., Parker, E. P. K., & McDonald, H. . (2024). Identifying markers of health-seeking behaviour and healthcare access in UK electronic health records. BMJ Open, 14, e081781. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081781
Matias, M. A., Jacobs, R. ., Aragón, M. J., Fernandes, L. ., Gutacker, N. ., Siddiqi, N. ., & Kasteridis, P. . (2024). Assessing the uptake of incentivised physical health checks for people with serious mental illness: a cohort study in primary care. Br J Gen Pract, 74, e449-e455. http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0532
Down, L. ., Barlow, M. ., Bailey, S. E. R., Mounce, L. T. A., Merriel, S. W. D., Watson, J. ., & Martins, T. . (2024). Association between patient ethnicity and prostate cancer diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen test: a cohort study of 730,000 men in primary care in the UK. BMC Med, 22, 82. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03283-5
Grigoroglou, C. ., Walshe, K. ., Kontopantelis, E. ., Ferguson, J. ., Stringer, G. ., Ashcroft, D. M., & Allen, T. . (2024). Comparing the clinical practice and prescribing safety of locum and permanent doctors: observational study of primary care consultations in England. BMC Med, 22, 126. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03332-z
Beaney, T. ., Clarke, J. ., Woodcock, T. ., Majeed, A. ., Barahona, M. ., & Aylin, P. . (2024). Effect of timeframes to define long term conditions and sociodemographic factors on prevalence of multimorbidity using disease code frequency in primary care electronic health records: retrospective study. BMJ Med, 3, e000474. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000474
Morgan, C. ., Ashcroft, D. M., Chew-Graham, C. A., Sperrin, M. ., Webb, R. T., Francis, A. ., … Yung, A. R. (2024). Identifying prior signals of bipolar disorder using primary care electronic health records: a nested case-control study. Br J Gen Pract, 74, e165–73. http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0286
Gunathilaka, N. J., Gooden, T. E., Cooper, J. ., Flanagan, S. ., Marshall, T. ., Haroon, S. ., … Greenfield, S. . (2024). Perceptions on artificial intelligence-based decision-making for coexisting multiple long-term health conditions: protocol for a qualitative study with patients and healthcare professionals. BMJ Open, 14, e077156. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077156