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Research

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  Diagnosing colorectal cancer in primary care: cohort study in Sweden of qualitative faecal immunochemical tests, haemoglobin levels, and platelet counts

  Cecilia Högberg, Ulf Gunnarsson, Stefan Jansson, Hans Thulesius, Olof Cronberg and Mikael Lilja

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e843-e851. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713465
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  Association of non-malignant diseases with thrombocytosis: a prospective cohort study in general practice

  Cansu Clarke, Willie Hamilton, Sarah Price and Sarah ER Bailey

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e852-e857. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713501
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  Strategies to reduce the use of low-value medical tests in primary care: a systematic review

  Toshihiko Takada, Pauline Heus, Sander van Doorn, Christiana A Naaktgeboren, Jan-Willem Weenink, Simone A van Dulmen and Lotty Hooft

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e858-e865. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713693
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  Measuring daily functioning in older persons using a frailty index: a cohort study based on routine primary care data

  Willeke M Ravensbergen, Jeanet W Blom, Andrea WM Evers, Mattijs E Numans, Margot WM de Waal and Jacobijn Gussekloo

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e866-e873. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713453
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  Timing of GP end-of-life recognition in people aged ≥75 years: retrospective cohort study using data from primary healthcare records in England

  Daniel Stow, Fiona E Matthews and Barbara Hanratty

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e874-e879. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713417
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  Understanding the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a qualitative multiperspective study

  Emma Sowden, Muhammad Hossain, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Tom Blakeman, Stephanie Tierney, Ian Wellwood, Francesca Rosa and Christi Deaton

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e880-e889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713477
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  Excess mortality in the first COVID pandemic peak: cross-sectional analyses of the impact of age, sex, ethnicity, household size, and long-term conditions in people of known SARS-CoV-2 status in England

  Mark Joy, FD Richard Hobbs, Jamie Lopez Bernal, Julian Sherlock, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Dylan McGagh, Oluwafunmi Akinyemi, Rachel Byford, Gavin Dabrera, Jienchi Dorward, Joanna Ellis, Filipa Ferreira, Nicholas Jones, Jason Oke, Cecilia Okusi, Brian D Nicholson, Mary Ramsay, James P Sheppard, Mary Sinnathamby, Maria Zambon, Gary Howsam, John Williams and Simon de Lusignan

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e890-e898. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713393
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  Variability in size and characteristics of primary care networks in England: observational study

  Marcello Morciano, Katherine Checkland, Jonathan Hammond, Yiu-Shing Lau and Matt Sutton

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e899-e905. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713441
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  Changes in patient experience associated with growth and collaboration in general practice: observational study using data from the UK GP Patient Survey

  Lindsay JL Forbes, Hannah Forbes, Matt Sutton, Katherine Checkland and Stephen Peckham

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e906-e915. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713429
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  Managing older people’s perceptions of alcohol-related risk: a qualitative exploration in Northern English primary care

  Bethany Kate Bareham, Eileen Kaner and Barbara Hanratty

  British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): e916-e926. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713405