Demand optimisation in laboratory medicine phase V: final report June 2022
Demand optimisation is defined as the process by which diagnostic test use is optimised to maximise clinical utility, which in turn optimises clinical care and drives more efficient use of associated scarce NHS resources. Report from the National Demand Optimisation Group (NDOG).
Footnotes
1. Information about the Realistic Medicine programme
2. Health | National Performance Framework
3. Driving improvement, delivering results: healthcare science national delivery plan 2015–2020
4. GP clusters are typically groups of between five to eight GP practices in a close geographical location
5. The technique Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to draw together a number of key variables which describe the practice populations. The variables included in the analysis were selected due to their statistical significance in explaining the variation seen within GP practice populations.
Variables included in the peer grouping model:
1. Percentage of the practice population aged 65 and over
2. Number of patients in each Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile
3. Urban or Rural classification
As well as the raw prevalence (number of patients on the disease register for this condition, divided by list size, multiplied by 100) of
1. Asthma
2. Atrial fibrillation
3. Cancer
4. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
5. Diabetes
6. Hypertension
7. Stroke
Contact
Email: Kachi.Okorie@gov.scot
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