One possible explanation of the low prevalence in our cohort is underdiagnosis due to the low rate of examination with echocardiography.
Geographical variation is presented as rates (number of examination per 1000 inhabitants) in each county, high/low ratio for rates (an easily comprehensible measure), and the more accurate variation measure coefficient of variation (COV, which is defined as standard deviation relative to mean rate value).
We found that patients placed on the care pathway had higher rates of neurological examination, documentation of safety and legal guidelines as regards driving, and lower rates of seizure readmission.
Behavioural data were practice-level patient-reported rates of foot examination and use of statin medication.
The most worrisome of these were the low rates of physical examination (41.1%) and failure to do comprehensive TB screening.
Some, but certainly not all, of the differences in ARCP performance may be explained by disproportionately high rates of membership examination failure, especially in psychiatry and general practice.
Overall, there was good documentation around routine checks in pregnancy such as blood pressure, and in the follow up of abnormal clinical findings related to hypertension and GDM, where rates of specialist examination were high.
After adjustment for rates of membership examination failure, the effect of being an international medical graduate changed most in general practice and psychiatry but relatively little in other specialty groups.
The objective of this study was to determine the rates of ophthalmic examinations for glaucoma, prevalence rates of glaucoma, ongoing evaluation (follow-up) rates and rates of treatment for a population of residents in a skilled nursing facility.
In experienced hands, mechanical complication rates of TEE examinations are reported to be very low at 0.18 % [25]; however, oropharyngeal injury or esophageal injury is a genuine concern of both newcomers to TEE and traditional users alike.
