TY - JOUR T1 - Regression is good JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 322 LP - 322 DO - 10.3399/bjgp16X685489 VL - 66 IS - 647 AU - Saul Miller Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/66/647/322.abstract N2 - So, the headlines suggest the NHS has a whole new plan for primary care.1 Backed up with funding too. The outcome, apparently, will be that our share of the NHS budget will increase steadily over the next 5 years. Really? Perhaps I am just too sceptical to feel warmed by this promise of generosity. I still have hope though; it’s just that it does not stem from any announcements. Weirdly, it comes from a statistical concept.Statistics is not generally my thing. Analyses such as the recent study comparing data from a number of national … ER -