BMJ : British medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Costs and cost effectiveness of health checks conducted by nurses in primary care: the Oxcheck study.
To measure the costs and cost effectiveness of the Oxcheck cardiovascular risk factor screening and intervention programme. ⋯ The cost to the practice of implementing Oxcheck-style health checks in an average sized practice of 7500 patients would be 47,000 pounds, a proportion of which could be paid for through staff pay reimbursements and Band Three health promotion target payments. This study highlights the considerable difficulties faced when calculating the costs and benefits of a health promotion programme. Economic evaluations should be integrated into the protocols of randomised controlled trials to enable judgments to be made on the relative cost effectiveness of different prevention strategies.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Randomised controlled trial of general practitioner versus usual medical care in an urban accident and emergency department: process, outcome, and comparative cost.
To see whether care provided by general practitioners to non-emergency patients in an accident and emergency department differs significantly from care by usual accident and emergency staff in terms of process, outcome, and comparative cost. ⋯ General practitioners working as an integral part of an accident and emergency department manage non-emergency accident and emergency attenders safely and use fewer resources than do usual accident and emergency staff.