C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial

Jochen W. L. Cals; Andre J. H. A. Ament; Kerenza Hood; Christopher C. Butler; Rogier M. Hopstaken; Geert F. Wassink; Geert-Jan Dinant

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01472.x

C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial

Jochen W. L. Cals^*, Andre J. H. A. Ament, Kerenza Hood, Christopher C. Butler, Rogier M. Hopstaken, Geert F. Wassink, Geert-Jan Dinant

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Abstract

Rationale, aims and objectives An economic evaluation of general practitioner (GP) use of C-reactive protein (CRP) point of care test, GP communication skills training, and both GP use of CRP and communication skills training on antibiotic use for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in general practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1059-1069
Journal	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01472.x
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

Keywords

antibiotic
economic evaluation
respiratory infection

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Cals, J. W. L., Ament, A. J. H. A., Hood, K., Butler, C. C., Hopstaken, R. M., Wassink, G. F., & Dinant, G-J. (2011). C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17(6), 1059-1069. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01472.x

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Cals, JWL, Ament, AJHA, Hood, K, Butler, CC, Hopstaken, RM, Wassink, GF & Dinant, G-J 2011, 'C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1059-1069. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01472.x

C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial. / Cals, Jochen W. L.; Ament, Andre J. H. A.; Hood, Kerenza et al.

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Cals JWL, Ament AJHA, Hood K, Butler CC, Hopstaken RM, Wassink GF et al. C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2011 Dec;17(6):1059-1069. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01472.x