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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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Content and source analysis of popular tweets following a recent case of diphtheria in Spain.
Talya Porat,Talya Porat,Pablo Garaizar,Marta Ferrero,Hilary Jones,Mark Ashworth,Miguel A. Vadillo,Miguel A. Vadillo +7 more
TL;DR: Content and source of the most popular tweets related to a recent case in Spain where an unvaccinated child contracted and later died from diphtheria are analyzed to inform efforts by health promotion professionals to increase their reach and impact.
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Electronically delivered interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: cluster RCT using electronic health records and cohort study.
Martin Gulliford,Dorota Juszczyk,A Toby Prevost,Jamie Soames,Lisa McDermott,Kirin Sultana,Mark Wright,Robin Fox,Alastair D Hay,Paul Little,Michael Moore,Lucy Yardley,Mark Ashworth,Judith Charlton +13 more
TL;DR: Analysis of trial data for 12 safety outcomes, including pneumonia and peritonsillar abscess, showed no evidence that these outcomes might be increased as a result of the intervention, and evidence that general practice antibiotic prescribing for RTIs was reduced was found.
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Differences in the primary care management of patients with psychosis from two ethnic groups: a population-based cross-sectional study
TL;DR: Masurable aspects of physical health care of patients with psychosis were similar, regardless of ethnicity, and increased use of the depot antipsychotic medication in black patients needs further exploration.
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The Public Health Impact score: a new measure of public health effectiveness for general practices in England
Mark Ashworth,Peter R. Schofield,Tim Doran,Richard Cookson,Matt Sutton,Paul T. Seed,Amanda Howe,Robert Fleetcroft +7 more
TL;DR: The PHI score is a potential alternative metric of practice performance, measuring the estimated mortality reduction in the registered population, and Rewards under the QOF pay-for-performance scheme are not closely aligned to the public health impact of practices.
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Hypertension: a cross-sectional study of the role of multimorbidity in blood pressure control.
Chandra Sarkar,Hiten Dodhia,James Crompton,Peter R. Schofield,Patrick White,Christopher Millett,Mark Ashworth +6 more
TL;DR: Hypertensive patients with MM had lower SBP than those with hypertension alone and those with one or more co-morbidities and the greater the number of MM, the lower the SBP.