Evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest service for dermatology: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effectiveness, accessibility, and acceptability of a general practitioner with special interest service for skin problems compared with a hospital dermatology clinic.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

General practitioner with special interest dermatology service and hospital dermatology clinic.

Participants

Adults referred to a hospital dermatology clinic and assessed by a consultant or the general practitioner with special interest service,. Suitable patients had non-urgent skin problems and had been identified from the referral letter as suitable for management by a general practitioner with special interest.

Interventions

Participants were randomised in 2:1 ratio to receive management by a general practitioner with s

SUBMITTER: Salisbury C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1315649 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature