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Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China: an analysis of population-based panel data by Zhao, Yang, Atun, Rifat, Oldenburg, Brian, McPake, Barbara, Tang, Shenglan, Mercer, Stewart W, Cowling, Thomas E, Sum, Grace, Qin, Vicky Mengqi, Lee, John Tayu

“…Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more mental or physical chronic non-communicable diseases, is a major challenge for the health system in China, which…”
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Primary Care Access, Emergency Department Visits, and Unplanned Short Hospitalizations in the UK by Cecil, Elizabeth, Bottle, Alex, Cowling, Thomas E, Majeed, Azeem, Wolfe, Ingrid, Saxena, Sonia

“…Demand for unplanned hospital services is rising, and children are frequent users, especially where access to primary care is poor. In England, universal…”
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Comparison of complications after transrectal and transperineal prostate biopsy: a national population‐based study by Berry, Brendan, Parry, Matthew G., Sujenthiran, Arunan, Nossiter, Julie, Cowling, Thomas E., Aggarwal, Ajay, Cathcart, Paul, Payne, Heather, Meulen, Jan, Clarke, Noel

“…Objectives To assess the complications of transrectal (TR) compared to transperineal prostate (TP) biopsies. Patients and Methods Men diagnosed with prostate…”
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Access to primary care and visits to emergency departments in England: a cross-sectional, population-based study by Cowling, Thomas E, Cecil, Elizabeth V, Soljak, Michael A, Lee, John Tayu, Millett, Christopher, Majeed, Azeem, Wachter, Robert M, Harris, Matthew J

“…The number of visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) in England has increased by 20% since 2007-08, placing unsustainable pressure on the National…”
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Emergency and urgent care systems in Australia, Denmark, England, France, Germany and the Netherlands – Analyzing organization, payment and reforms by Baier, Natalie, Geissler, Alexander, Bech, Mickael, Bernstein, David, Cowling, Thomas E., Jackson, Terri, van Manen, Johan, Rudkjøbing, Andreas, Quentin, Wilm

“…•Several developed countries are reforming their emergency and urgent care system.•Urgent primary care is expanded and increasingly centralized as in the…”
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Logistic regression and machine learning predicted patient mortality from large sets of diagnosis codes comparably by Cowling, Thomas E., Cromwell, David A., Bellot, Alexis, Sharples, Linda D., van der Meulen, Jan

“…The objective of the study was to compare the performance of logistic regression and boosted trees for predicting patient mortality from large sets of…”
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Extended opening hours and patient experience of general practice in England: multilevel regression analysis of a national patient survey by Cowling, Thomas E, Harris, Matthew, Majeed, Azeem

“…The UK government plans to extend the opening hours of general practices in England. The 'extended hours access scheme' pays practices for providing…”
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The Impact of Performance Status on Length of Hospital Stay and Clinical Complications Following Liver Transplantation by Wallace, David, Cowling, Thomas E., Walker, Kate, Suddle, Abid, Gimson, Alex, Rowe, Ian, Callaghan, Chris, Heaton, Nigel, van der Meulen, Jan, Bernal, William

“…BACKGROUND:Impaired pretransplant performance status (PS) is associated with chronic liver disease (CLD). We studied its impact on hospital length of stay…”
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Measuring variation in the quality of systemic anti-cancer therapy delivery across hospitals: A national population-based evaluation by Boyle, Jemma M., van der Meulen, Jan, Kuryba, Angela, Cowling, Thomas E., Booth, Christopher, Fearnhead, Nicola S., Braun, Michael S., Walker, Kate, Aggarwal, Ajay

“…To date, there has been little systematic assessment of the quality of care associated with systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) delivery across national…”
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Integrating a nationally scaled workforce of community health workers in primary care: a modelling study by Hayhoe, Benedict, Cowling, Thomas E, Pillutla, Virimchi, Garg, Priya, Majeed, Azeem, Harris, Matthew

“…Objective To model cost and benefit of a national community health worker workforce. Design Modelling exercise based on all general practices in England…”
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Survival outcomes associated with completion of adjuvant oxaliplatin‐based chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer: A national population‐based study by Boyle, Jemma M., Kuryba, Angela, Cowling, Thomas E., Meulen, Jan, Fearnhead, Nicola S., Walker, Kate, Braun, Michael S., Aggarwal, Ajay

“…The impact of cycle completion rates of oxaliplatin‐based adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer in real‐world practice is unknown. We assessed its…”
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National time trends in mortality and graft survival following liver transplantation from circulatory death or brainstem death donors by Wallace, David, Cowling, Thomas E, Suddle, Abid, Gimson, Alex, Rowe, Ian, Callaghan, Chris, Sapisochin, Gonzalo, Ivanics, Tommy, Claasen, Marco, Mehta, Neil, Heaton, Nigel, van der Meulen, Jan, Walker, Kate

“…Despite high waiting list mortality rates, concern still exists on the appropriateness of using livers donated after circulatory death (DCD). We compared…”
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Role of late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the risk stratification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Ismail, Tevfik F, Jabbour, Andrew, Gulati, Ankur, Mallorie, Amy, Raza, Sadaf, Cowling, Thomas E, Das, Bibek, Khwaja, Jahanzaib, Alpendurada, Francisco D, Wage, Ricardo, Roughton, Michael, McKenna, William J, Moon, James C, Varnava, Amanda, Shakespeare, Carl, Cowie, Martin R, Cook, Stuart A, Elliott, Perry, O'Hanlon, Rory, Pennell, Dudley J, Prasad, Sanjay K

“…Myocardial fibrosis identified by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)…”
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Treatment-Related Toxicity Using Prostate-Only Versus Prostate and Pelvic Lymph Node Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy: A National Population-Based Study by Parry, Matthew G, Sujenthiran, Arunan, Cowling, Thomas E, Nossiter, Julie, Cathcart, Paul, Clarke, Noel W, Payne, Heather, van der Meulen, Jan, Aggarwal, Ajay

“…There is a debate about the effectiveness and toxicity of pelvic lymph node (PLN) irradiation for the treatment of men with high-risk prostate cancer. This…”
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Patient experience of general practice and use of emergency hospital services in England: regression analysis of national cross-sectional time series data by Cowling, Thomas E, Majeed, Azeem, Harris, Matthew J

“…The UK Government has introduced several national policies to improve access to primary care. We examined associations between patient experience of general…”
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Rural and urban differences in health system performance among older Chinese adults: cross-sectional analysis of a national sample by Qin, Vicky Mengqi, McPake, Barbara, Raban, Magdalena Z, Cowling, Thomas E, Alshamsan, Riyadh, Chia, Kee Seng, Smith, Peter C, Atun, Rifat, Lee, John Tayu

“…Despite improvement in health outcomes over the past few decades, China still experiences striking rural-urban health inequalities. There is limited research…”
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Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes After Hypofractionated or Conventionally Fractionated Radiation for Prostate Cancer: A National Cohort Study in England by Nossiter, Julie, Sujenthiran, Arunan, Cowling, Thomas E, Parry, Matthew G, Charman, Susan C, Cathcart, Paul, Clarke, Noel W, Payne, Heather, van der Meulen, Jan, Aggarwal, Ajay

“…The aim of the current study was to determine patient-reported functional outcomes in men with prostate cancer (PCa) undergoing moderately hypofractionated…”
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Importance of accessibility and opening hours to overall patient experience of general practice: analysis of repeated cross-sectional data from a national patient survey by Cowling, Thomas E, Majeed, Azeem, Harris, Matthew J

“…The UK government aims to improve the accessibility of general practices in England, particularly by extending opening hours in the evenings and at weekends…”
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A novel approach selected small sets of diagnosis codes with high prediction performance in large healthcare datasets by Cowling, Thomas E., Cromwell, David A., Sharples, Linda D., van der Meulen, Jan

“…The objective of the study was to examine an approach for selecting small sets of diagnosis codes with high prediction performance in large datasets of…”
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Toxicity of Pelvic Lymph Node Irradiation With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for High-Risk and Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: A National Population-Based Study Using Patient-Reported Outcomes by Parry, Matthew G., Nossiter, Julie, Cowling, Thomas E., Sujenthiran, Arunan, Berry, Brendan, Cathcart, Paul, Clarke, Noel W., Payne, Heather, van der Meulen, Jan, Aggarwal, Ajay

“…Little is known about the toxicity of additional pelvic lymph node irradiation in men receiving intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for prostate…”
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