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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2015

Choosing Wisely in the UK: the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' initiative to reduce the harms of too much medicine.

A Malhotra, D Maughan, J Ansell, R Lehman, A Henderson, M Gray, T Stephenson, S Bailey

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

A MalhotraAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges, London, UK Aseem_malhotra@hotmail.com.
D MaughanCentre For Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford, UK.
J AnsellWelsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy, Cardiff Medicentre, Cardiff, UK.
R LehmanDepartment of Primary Health Care, University Of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
A HendersonAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges, London, UK.
M GrayBetter Value Healthcare, Oxford, UK.
T StephensonAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges, London, UK Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
S BaileyAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Quality ImprovementAcademies and InstitutesHumansInappropriate PrescribingState MedicineUnited Kingdom

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PMID25985331
PMCPMC4428277

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