Abstract：
:In recent years the ratio of inhaled corticosteroid:bronchodilator (C:B) prescribing has been promoted as a quality marker for asthma treatment and cross-sectional data indicate an association with hospital admissions. If prescribing advice has been followed then it can be hypothesised that the C:B ratio will have increased and hospitalisation decreased. The West Midlands General Practice Research Database was used to monitor changes in the C:B ratio and hospital referrals for asthma between 1993 and 1996. The C:B ratio increased from 0.5 to 0.6 (P<0.001) and hospital referrals decreased from 7% to 4% per annum (P<0.001). Overall, 38% of the variation in hospital referrals was explained by the C:B ratio. This is higher than previous studies, perhaps because the study was longitudinal and the ratio assessed accurately in terms of volume rather than prescription items. When measured in defined daily doses, the C:B ratio does appear to have validity as an indicator of good prescribing in primary care. The General Practice Research Database offers an opportunity for assessing the validity of prescribing indicators before they are considered for wider use by Primary Care Groups and Health Authorities.
journal_name
Public Healthjournal_title
Public healthauthors
Frischer M,Heatlie H,Chapman S,Norwood J,Bashford J,Millson Ddoi
10.1038/sj.ph.1900583subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-09-01 00:00:00pages
247-50issue
5eissn
0033-3506issn
1476-5616pii
S0033-3506(99)00168-7journal_volume
113pub_type
杂志文章相关文献
PUBLIC HEALTH文献大全abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether the free swimming initiative in Bristol was associated with higher uptake in more affluent areas ('inverse use law'). STUDY DESIGN:Secondary analysis of statistical data on free swimming session attendances in Bristol, recorded from January to June 2010. Individual postcode data were link...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2012.07.008
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between ambient temperature and hospital admissions for schizophrenia in Hefei, China. STUDY DESIGN:An ecological design was used to explore the effect of ambient temperature on hospital admissions for schizophrenia. METHODS:Daily data on hospital admissions for schizophrenia...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2018.01.032
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The XIX World Congress of Epidemiology discussed 'Changing populations, changing diseases: epidemiology for tomorrow's world' and was able to set a benchmark for the current state for the science of population health. However, 'changing populations and changing diseases' mean that robust epidemiological enquiry is, an...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type：
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2011.12.011
更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Israeli Arab citizens comprise Israel's largest minority group (15.6% of Israelis>12 years old). The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in this group for the first time at a national level, and to identify health promotion and treatment needs. MET...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2004.02.011
更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A small series of pilot seminars on ethics and values in prison practice have been held over the past two years. This article outlines the background, the content and the relevance to prison staff. It concludes that a full trial of the approach for both staff and prisoners would seem to be necessary and that the semin...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.009
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A progressive erosion of the democratic space appears as one of the emerging challenges in global health today. Such delimitation of the political interplay has a particularly evident impact on the unique public interest function of the World Health Organization (WHO). This paper aims to identify some obstacles for a ...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2013.08.023
更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Families are a transmission route for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) because of the close contact. Monitoring of the viral load will be a valuable method to reduce the optimal number of quarantine days, especially in presymptomatic and symptomatic carriers of their households. T...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2020.05.043
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is an increasing interest in the origins of adult disease in early life. The elucidation of such explanations of current morbidity and mortality must depend upon the follow-up of previously established cohorts. This paper describes the design of and background to such a follow-up of one of the richest data sourc...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0033-3506(96)80052-7
更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood mortality is a stubborn problem and remains highest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Existing research on childhood mortality in SSA indicate that most of the childhood deaths are from preventable causes such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, measles, malaria, HIV and underlying malnutrition, acute respiratory ...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2016.01.017
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1994, the Palestinian Health Authority took over responsibility for primary health care (PHC) in Gaza Strip and West Bank. OBJECTIVES:This paper reports on the Palestinian National Strategic Health Plan (PNSHP 1999--2003). The extent to which the PHC objectives were achieved is discussed, together with a...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2007.04.017
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Health and Wellbeing boards in England are uniquely constituted; embedded in the local authorities with membership drawn from a range of stakeholders and partner organizations. This raises the question of how decision making functions of the boards reflects wider public health decision making, if criteria ar...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2016.10.025
更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The validity of parent-reported measles-containing vaccination history in children with measles has not been assessed. This study evaluated the accuracy of parental recall of measles-containing vaccination histories in Shenzhen, China. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study was performed to compare the data fro...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2016.12.013
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether multiple viewings of one's ultraviolet (UV) facial photo differentially affects subsequent sun protection behaviors relative to a single viewing. STUDY DESIGN:Pretest-posttest control group. METHODS:Southern California college students (N = 151) were randomly assigned to be shown their...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.023
更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:After the firework disaster in Enschede, The Netherlands, on 13 May 2000, a longitudinal health study was carried out. Study questions were: (1) did the health status change over this period; and (2) how is the health status 18 months after the disaster compared with controls? STUDY DESIGN:A longitudinal co...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2006.09.025
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the burden of burn injury in primary and secondary hospitals in Bangladesh, and how these costs are reflected as social and economic burdens in the community. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:A direct method was adopted to estimate the cost of burn injury, which involved interviewing pa...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2008.06.007
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to gain an in-depth understanding of people's perceptions of childhood burns and their prevention in rural areas of Bangladesh. STUDY DESIGN:Qualitative study. METHODS:Five focus group discussions were conducted in this study. Eight to twelve members were present in each group. Gro...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2009.06.014
更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is not well known in Iran. This study was conducted to estimate the trends in annual MS incidence in Iran from March 21, 2010, to March 20, 2016. STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal study. METHODS:In this longitudinal study, data for all MS patients fulfilling McDonald criter...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2019.07.013
更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess women's knowledge and attitude toward Ethiopian current abortion law. STUDY DESIGN:A quantitative, community-based cross-sectional survey. METHODS:Women of reproductive age in three selected lower districts in Bahir Dar, North-West Ethiopia, were included. Multi-stage simple random sampling and si...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2017.03.020
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to describe existing regulations of non-medical cannabis legalization in North America to inform recommendations for future health policy. These regulations are among the first in the world and will set a precedent for other jurisdictions globally who legalize cannabis. STUDY...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.018
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary health care in Tanzania is provided at two types of health units, the dispensary and the health centre. Theoretically, primary health workers (with knowledge of primary eye care [PEC]) are ideally placed to identify people in need of eye care services. In Tanzania, they are expected to be able to i...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2013.10.007
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The HBV serum marker of 2925 new students was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. This produced results with a high degree of precision in a large study sample. The detection results showed that the HBsAg positive rate of new students is closely related to the family location, being either from urban distri...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00242-X
更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:It was estimated that approximately 60% of the world's population is classified as inactive or insufficiently active. This meta-analysis investigated the effect of web-based interventions on different types of physical activity (PA) measurements in general population and potential moderating variables. STUD...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2017.06.005
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to determine the epidemiology of stroke in a rural population of Bangladesh. STUDY DESIGN:In a cross-sectional study, we surveyed stroke patients. METHODS:The survey was conducted in a rural community of Bangladesh from January 2016 to June 2016. All community members 15 years and o...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.024
更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The objective of the authors is to apply the control chart, a statistical method for quality control used in industry, to public health surveillance. A pilot study was conducted during the 1998 World Football Cup (WFC) by 553 sentinel general practitioners (GPs) throughout France. The average number of cases of commun...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj/ph/1900782
更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify key stakeholders' views of factors that may enable or limit the use of health impact assessment (HIA) in the decision-making processes within their organizations. METHODS:In-depth interviews were carried out with 14 key informants from local and regional stakeholder organizations. SETTING:North ...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.014
更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Investigating the current, intended and potential reach of two effective smoking prevention programs in Dutch vocational schools and identifying determinants of school directors' intention to adopt these programs. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. METHODS:Two questionnaires were developed based on the D...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.002
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study are to (1) explore physical and verbal abuse experience, perpetrators of abuse and abuse reporting behaviours of Filipino foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong and (2) examine associations between their abuse experience and depression level. STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2018.09.020
更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Aboriginal people are under-represented in epidemiological research, largely due to past failures to engage and recruit Aboriginal communities, research fatigue and the use of culturally inappropriate methods. A qualitative study was undertaken in rural and urban Aboriginal communities in north-eastern and s...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2011.08.006
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning represents a significant public health burden. CO incidents require multiple responders, including the Health Protection Agency (HPA). However, best practice guidance does not yet exist in the UK for chemicals. Since CO is a good template for chemical incidents, the authors aim...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2010.11.011
更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention in a sample of 2400 Italian women. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:The study was conducted through a standardized questionnaire administered in the workplace. RESULTS:Regular Pap testing was reported by 65.6% of the sample, an...
journal_title：Public health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.puhe.2011.05.009
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
