Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) have become common in research, partly due to being used by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). A long running effort to update […]
Month: April 2018
Integrating health and social care in England—when the sum is not greater than its parts
The government’s announcement that the Department of Health and its Secretary of State were to have “social care” added to their titles was presented as a step forward in achieving […]
Allyson Pollock: Portability of budgets and competition for GP practice lists—another back door route to US style ACOs?
The regulations extending GP practice boundaries now make it possible for GP practices and trusts to compete for primary care patients from any part of England. The relationship between patients, […]
Dharani Yerrakalva: The art of not running behind
There’s a guilty pleasure in something I call “the art of not running behind.” For me, each surgery starts at time zero when I am on time for the first […]
Unreported trial of the week: ketorolac vs nepafenac after cataract surgery (NCT02752646)
Every week this new series will uncover an unreported clinical trial […]
Development of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the Netherlands: collaboration is key to success
Endovascular treatment (EVT) has come a long way before being established as a first line treatment option for acute ischemic stroke patients with intracranial large vessel occlusion. The first clinical […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—16 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The prisoner’s dilemma
In all the recent talk about tit for tat, whether in the spheres of diplomacy or trade, whose origins I discussed last week, there has been little if any discussion […]
Paul Simpson: Hospitals could be anchors for an economy focused on well being
This article is part of the Building Healthy Communities collection. […]
William Jeffcoate and Bob Young: Management of diabetic foot ulcers in the community
It is accepted that diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) cause major disability and distress. They commonly lead to limb loss through amputation and are associated with a five year survival of […]