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Interpretation of ethnicity-specific data: increased risk versus increased utilisation

Alizah Ali, Fariha Hameed, Bharath Nagaraj and Aayush Visaria
British Journal of General Practice 2021; 71 (712): 495. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X717461
Alizah Ali
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Email:
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Fariha Hameed
McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas.
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Bharath Nagaraj
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; North American Disease Intervention, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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It was with great pleasure we read the article by Robson et al titled ‘NHS Health Checks: an observational study of equity and outcomes 2009–2017’.1 We would like to offer additional contributions regarding explanations for the findings and differences between ethnic groups. It is difficult to ascertain whether ethnic disparities in incidence of disease between attendees and non-attendees are due to underlying higher risk of disease in these …

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