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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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Enhanced Invitations Using the Question-Behavior Effect and Financial Incentives to Promote Health Check Uptake in Primary Care.
Lisa McDermott,Victoria Cornelius,Alison J Wright,Caroline Burgess,Alice S. Forster,Mark Ashworth,Bernadette Khoshaba,Philippa Clery,Frances Fuller,Jane Miller,Hiten Dodhia,Caroline Rudisill,Mark Conner,Martin Gulliford,Martin Gulliford +14 more
TL;DR: Uptake of health checks following a standard invitation was low and not significantly increased through enhanced invitation methods using the QBE, with or without a financial incentive to return the questionnaire.
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Capturing general practice quality: a new paradigm?
Maria Kordowicz,Mark Ashworth +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that quality in general practice is multiform and multifaceted, and measurement plays a key part in enabling focused quality improvement initiatives, and on a wider-level is likely to be a valuable tool in supporting commissioning decisions.
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The effects on GP prescribing of joining a commissioning group
TL;DR: This work aims to establish whether and to what extent general practitioners (GP) can change their prescribing upon joining a commissioning group and what features of aCommissioning group may promote prescribing change.
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When response rates do matter.
TL;DR: There is evidence to suggest that much higher response rates are necessary and that the traditional requirement of a 70% response rate is inadequate.
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Risks of use and non-use of antibiotics in primary care: qualitative study of prescribers' views.
TL;DR: Attitudes towards antibiotic prescribing are evolving, with reduced antibiotic prescribing now being approached more systematically and the safety trade-offs associated with either use or non-use of antibiotics present difficulties.