Point-of-care blood tests during home visits by out-of-hours primary care clinicians; a mixed methods evaluation of a service improvement

Objectives We aimed to evaluate test usage and patient and clinician experience following the introduction of point-of-care (POC) blood tests into a primary care out-of-hours service.Design A mixed methods service evaluation comprising quantitative records of the clinical contexts of tests taken and...

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Main Authors: Margaret Glogowska, Daniel Lasserson, Gail Hayward, Sharon Dixon, Helen Hunt, Sophie Garland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/1/e033428.full