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

• Главные авторы: Julia Knight (Автор), Matthew Day (Автор), John Mair-Jenkins (Автор), Chris Bentley (Автор), Ben Anderson (Автор), Fu-Meng Khaw (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...