Variation in the diagnosis and control of hypertension is not explained by conventional variables: Cross-sectional database study in English general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension is a major cause of preventable disability and death globally and affects more than one in four adults in England. Unwarranted variation is variation in access, quality, outcome or value which is unexplained by differences in the condition or patient characteristics and which reduces quality and efficiency. Distinguishing unwarranted from variation due to clinical, organisational or patient factors can be challenging. We carried out this study to explore inter-practice variation in the diagnosis and management of hypertension in the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC) network database, a large, representative surveillance database.

Methods and finding

We carried out a cross-sectional study using primary

SUBMITTER: Coyle R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328229 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature