2 results match your criteria: "University of Leicester. aw7@le.ac.uk[Affiliation]"
Patient and carer satisfaction with 'hospital at home': quantitative and qualitative results from a randomised controlled trial.
Br J Gen Pract
January 2002
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester.
Background: 'Hospital At Home' schemes are set to increase in the United Kingdom (UK) in response to the NHS Plan. To date, little detailed work has been done on the acceptability of these schemes to patients and their carers.
Aim: To compare Hospital at Home patient and carer satisfaction with hospital care.
A comparison of individual and population smoking data from a postal survey and general practice records.
Br J Gen Pract
June 2000
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester.
Background: Data on smoking held by general practitioners (GPs) may contribute to clinical care and to an assessment of population health. However, these data are prone to several biases and their validity has not been tested.
Aim: To examine the accuracy of general practice data as an estimate for population prevalence of smoking and to estimate the accuracy of GP data on individuals' smoking habit compared with self-report.