Abstract
Many cases of giardiasis in the UK are undiagnosed and among other things, diagnosis is dependent
upon the readiness of GPs to request a specimen. The aim of this study is to assess the rate of
specimens requested per GP practice in Central Lancashire, to examine the dierences between
GP practices and to estimate the pattern of unexplained spatial variation in the practice rate
of specimens after adjustment for deprivation. To achieve this, we tted a set of binomial and
Poisson regression models, with random eects for GP practice. Our analysis suggests that there
were dierences in the rate of specimens by GP practices (p-value
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1692-1701 |
Journal | Epidemiology and Infection |
Volume | 143 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Diarrhoea
- gastrointestinal infections
- giardiasis
- public health
- water-borne infections