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Mark Ashworth
Researcher at King's College London
Publications - 279
Citations - 6537
Mark Ashworth is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 245 publications receiving 5284 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Ashworth include University of Cambridge.
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Associations between multimorbidity, healthcare utilisation and health status: evidence from 16 European countries
TL;DR: It is found that multimorbidity is associated with greater healthcare utilisation, worse self-reported health status, depression and reduced functional capacity in European countries.
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Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices.
Martin Gulliford,Alexandru Dregan,Michael Moore,Mark Ashworth,Tjeerd van Staa,Gerard McCann,Judith Charlton,Lucy Yardley,Paul Little,Lisa McDermott +9 more
TL;DR: Most UK general practices prescribe antibiotics to young and middle-aged adults with respiratory infections at rates that are considerably in excess of what is clinically justified, which will fuel antibiotic resistance.
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Variations in antibiotic prescribing and consultation rates for acute respiratory infection in UK general practices 1995–2000
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether general practices that issue fewer antibiotic prescriptions to patients presenting with acute respiratory infections had lower consultation rates for these conditions and evaluated whether SPR and SCR values were associated.
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Why has antibiotic prescribing for respiratory illness declined in primary care? A longitudinal study using the General Practice Research Database
TL;DR: The reduction in antibiotic prescribing in common respiratory infections between 1994 and 2000 has occurred partly because GPs are prescribing antibiotics less frequently when patients consult but mainly because there are fewer consultations with these conditions.