We have compared various General Practitioner datasets in Australia.
Various general practitioner (GP) clinical computer systems are used in the UK but their distribution over time and location is unknown.
12 13 33 34 35 36 37 The studies evaluated a range of interventions (such as multidimensional geriatric assessment, care planning, organisation and monitoring, health promotion, self management support, nursing services, and referrals to other services) carried out by various professionals (general practitioners, nurses, allied professionals).
However, since referrals were obtained nationwide from various sources (general practitioners as well as paediatricians), we consider that our study population was representative of the Dutch paediatric CFS/ME population.
The system, which was set up in March 2007, transmits patient data on a daily basis from the various voluntary general practitioners throughout the six provinces of the country to the IPM.
In Australia, back pain care in its various forms includes general practitioners (GPs), medical specialists (e.g. rheumatologists), allied health providers (e.g. physiotherapists) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners (e.g. chiropractors, acupuncturists and massage therapists).
Various studies have shown that general practitioners (GPs) regularly order blood tests without good medical arguments [ 1, 2].
130 doctors responded by the deadline (27% response rate); of these 796161%) were consultants in various specialities, 33 (25%) were general practitioners, and 18 (14%) were a mix including junior doctors, specialist registrars and clinical academics.
5 6 To make these difficult judgments general practitioners use various personal "heuristics"—commonsense rules often involving the use of questions thought to have high negative or positive predictive values to rule out serious disease and often without a firm evidence base to support them.
Their range of tasks varies from administrative tasks, assisting general practitioners and performing various medical procedures.
