The data files were shared electronically with their regional collaborating clinics and internationally for clinical consultations.
Direct costs were collected and aggregated in five categories: symptomatic medications, prophylactic medications, clinical consultations, diagnostic investigations and hospitalizations.
The mean per patient cost for clinical consultations was €131.8 ± 163.7 for CM and €63.5 ± 79.1 for EM.
The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three patient-focused interventions designed to increase patient question asking in clinical consultations.
We aimed to assess the dyadic validity of the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) for assessing shared decision making in clinical consultations.
The surveys covered a large number of health-related items, and participants were also invited to clinical consultations, which included blood samples and measurements of blood pressure, height and weight.
They represent clinical consultations, resulting in opinions which are conclusions arrived at after weighing of evidence [3]; "opinion" can be defined as "a view held about a particular subject or point; a judgement formed; a belief" [4].
This study explores how patient decision aids (DAs) for antihyperglycemic agents and statins, designed for use during clinical consultations, are embedded into practice, examining how patients and clinicians understand and experience DAs in primary care visits.
Our dataset, drawn from a qualitative study of computer use in general practice, comprised background documents, field notes, interviews, clinical consultations (directly observed and videotaped) and naturally occurring talk relating to referral to hospital in four general practices.
The author did not participate in clinical consultations with patients.
Clinical consultations were performed by both doctors and nurses.
