Family practice
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Cost-utility analysis of osteopathy in primary care: results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
Spinal pain is common and costly to health services and society. Management guidelines have encouraged primary care referral for spinal manipulation, but the evidence base is weak. More economic evaluations alongside pragmatic trials have been recommended. ⋯ A primary care osteopathy clinic may be a cost-effective addition to usual GP care, but this conclusion was subject to considerable random error. Rigorous multi-centre studies are needed to assess the generalizability of this approach.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Short report: encouraging GPs to complete postal questionnaires--one big prize or many small prizes? A randomized controlled trial.
Low response rates to surveys are a problem in general practice. There is evidence that offering GPs incentives improves response rates to postal questionnaires. However, there is less evidence about the most effective form of incentive. ⋯ This study has established that, among incentives for postal questionnaires, one big prize improves the yield more than many small prizes despite the lower odds of winning. It has also confirmed that offering a modest incentive to GPs generates good response rates for postal questionnaires.