Enabling patients with respiratory symptoms to access chest X-rays on demand: the experience of the walk-in service in Corby, UK | Zendy

J. A. Campbell | Zendy; Michelle Pyer | Zendy; Stephen Rogers | Zendy; Darren Walter | Zendy; Raju C. Reddy | Zendy

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Enabling patients with respiratory symptoms to access chest X-rays on demand: the experience of the walk-in service in Corby, UK

Author(s) -

J. A. Campbell,

Michelle Pyer,

Stephen Rogers,

Darren Walter,

Raju C. Reddy

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdt104

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , service (business) , population , nice , lung cancer , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , economy , economics , physics , computer science , optics , programming language

UK clinical guidance for lung cancer (NICE 141) includes pathways for chest X-rays (CXRs). Many patients fulfilling the criteria do not receive one, either because they do not consult their doctor or because their doctor does not refer them. The town of Corby, UK, has particularly high incidence and mortality rates for lung cancer and was chosen as a pilot site for a new, patient-requested X-ray service.

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