testing

This weeks paper of the week focuses on 'Temporal trends in use of tests in UK primary care, 2000-15: retrospective analysis of 250 million tests'. Listen to the podcast to hear author Jack O'Sullivan talk about this paper with 3V's Dr Tim Wilson Reference: O’Sullivan Jack W, Stevens Sarah, Hobbs F D Richard, Salisbury Chris, Little Paul, Goldacre Benet al. Temporal trends in use of tests in UK primary care, 2000-15: retrospective analysis of 250 million tests BMJ 2018; 363 :k4666 3V's Bottom Line There has been an 8% per annum increase in testing in UK primary care. Some of this increase will represent better monitoring or attempts to make earlier diagnoses. But some may represent overuse of testing, and certainly the impact of the increase is not just in the cost of testing, [...]