A laboratory based intervention to improve appropriateness of lipid tests and audit cholesterol lowering in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

A need exists to reduce inequalities in lipid testing, to provide relevant, individual, patient based interpretation for users, and to audit lipid lowering in primary care.

Design

Model to compare laboratory activity between different general practices; construction of computer based strategies to define the lipid tests to be done and to interpret results for primary and secondary coronary prevention patients; introduction of the strategies into routine use; monitoring of any change after the intervention; and investigation of the potential of the strategies to produce audit data for primary care groups.

Background and setting

Hospital clinical laboratory serving 22 general practices covering 150 000 patients in Bishop Auckland area County Durham. Key measurem

SUBMITTER: Smellie WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC59996 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature