Responding to sustained poor outcomes in the management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs): an "incident control" approach is needed to improve and protect population health

• Autores principales: Julia Knight (Autor), Matthew Day (Autor), John Mair-Jenkins (Autor), Chris Bentley (Autor), Ben Anderson (Autor), Fu-Meng Khaw (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Abstract In 2017 Public Health England were asked to assist with investigating why 1-year cancer survival rates appeared lower than expected in a local area. We identified 50 premature deaths that surveillance data suggested we would not expect. These deaths highlighted a gap in recognising and resp...