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Current and future use of point-of-care tests in primary care: an international survey in Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA
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OBJECTIVE: Despite the growing number of point-of-care (POC) tests available, little research has assessed primary care clinician need for such tests. We therefore aimed to determine which POC tests they actually use or would like to use (if not currently available in their practice). DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Primary care in Australia, Belgium (Flanders region only), the Netherlands, the UK and the USA. PARTICIPANTS: Primary care doctors (general practitioners, family physicia...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005611
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Open Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2014-08-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2014-07-17
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2044-6055
- Source identifiers:
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479529
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- English
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- pubs:479529
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- 2014-08-16
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- Howick et al
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- 2014
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- © 2014 Howick et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license.
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