Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. The impact of new forms of large-scale general practice provider collaborations on England's NHS: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018
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2. Does practice size matter? Review of effects on quality of care in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013
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3. The Association Between Panel Size and Health Outcomes of Patients with Hypertension in Urban China: a Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021
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4. Reorganising health and social care in Québec: a journey towards integrating care through mergers.London journal of primary care · 2018
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5. Productivity Growth in the English National Health Service from 1998/1999 to 2013/2014.Health economics · 2017
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6. Is cancer survival associated with cancer symptom awareness and barriers to seeking medical help in England? An ecological study.British journal of cancer · 2016
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7. Is burnout associated with referral rates among primary care physicians in community clinics?Family practice · 2014
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8. Association between primary care organisation population size and quality of commissioning in England: an observational study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2012
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9. Biomarkers, bundled payments, and colorectal cancer care.Genes & cancer · 2012
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10. GPs with special interests: unanswered questions.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2007
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11. Primary care trusts.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2004
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12. Process and impact of mergers of NHS trusts: multicentre case study and management cost analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002
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13. Edge of chaos.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2002
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14. Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts? Small can be beautiful and effective.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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15. Tackling organisational change in the new NHS.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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16. Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
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17. The development of integrated health care models in Scotland.International journal of integrated care · 2001
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Corrections and comments

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  Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts? Small can be beautiful and effective.2001
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  Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts? Culture and leadership are also important.2001
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  Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts? Larger trusts may reduce inequalities.2001

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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