All Outputs (2)

Identifying 'avoidable harm' in family practice: a RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method consensus study (2019)
Journal Article
Carson-Stevens, A., Campbell, S., Bell, B., Cooper, A., Armstrong, S., Ashcroft, D., …Avery, A. (2019). Identifying 'avoidable harm' in family practice: a RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method consensus study. BMC Family Practice, 20, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-0990-z

Background: Health care-related harm is an internationally recognized threat to public health. The United Kingdom’s national health services demonstrate that upwards of 90% of health care encounters can be delivered in ambulatory settings. Other coun... Read More about Identifying 'avoidable harm' in family practice: a RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method consensus study.

The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol (2014)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. L., Goodman, C., Dening, T., Davies, S., Gladman, J. R., Bell, B. G., …Victor, C. (2014). The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.011

Long term institutional care in the UK is provided by care homes. Residents have prevalent cognitive impairment and disability, have multiple diagnoses and are subject to polypharmacy. Prevailing models of healthcare provision - ad hoc, reactive and... Read More about The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol.