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Another large part of the cost issue is related to doctors ordering extra diagnostic tests or expensive procedures of questionable benefit in order to protect themselves legally.
Five general practices participating in LINH were visited in 2011 to collect extra diagnostic information.
In the present study however, we needed to use a definition that could be used without requiring extra diagnostic procedures.
Extra diagnostic evaluations can hence not be very cost-effective, although no formal analysis of uncertainty was performed (bootstrapping, or construction of acceptability curves) (Willan and Briggs, 2006).
We chose a conservative cut-off of 20 mm as a trade-off between increased sensitivity and avoiding unnecessary extra diagnostic procedures.
All these additional investigations tested negative for Clostridium difficile (Table 3).> Only one of the AAD positive patients received an extra diagnostic investigation (endoscopy).
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In an annual programme, this would not mean any additional diagnostic activity, whereas in a 2-yearly screening programme, it would mean at least one extra scan.
More than 80% of the public believes that doctors cannot deliver seven-day services without proper support, yet the health secretary makes no mention of the extra nurses, diagnostic staff, porters, admin staff – the list goes on – that will be needed to deliver the high standard of care patients deserve seven days a week.
These include: Large GP practices to employ hospital doctors to provide extra services, including diagnostics, chemotherapy and hospital outpatient appointments.
The Welsh government is spending an extra £4m to improve diagnostic tests.
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