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Ruth Lewis
Researcher at Bangor University
Publications - 57
Citations - 3853
Ruth Lewis is an academic researcher from Bangor University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cost effectiveness & Systematic review. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 56 publications receiving 3436 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth Lewis include Swansea University & Cardiff University.
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Is increased time to diagnosis and treatment in symptomatic cancer associated with poorer outcomes? Systematic review
Richard D Neal,Puvan Tharmanathan,Nafees Ud Din,Samuel Cotton,Julia Fallon-Ferguson,William Hamilton,Annie Hendry,Maggie Hendry,Ruth Lewis,Una Macleod,Elizabeth Mitchell,M Pickett,Tekendra K Rai,K Shaw,Nicholas Stuart,Marie Louise Tørring,Clare Wilkinson,Briony Williams,Nefyn Williams,Jon Emery +19 more
TL;DR: This is the first review encompassing many cancer types, and it is demonstrated that efforts to expedite the diagnosis of symptomatic cancer are likely to have benefits for patients in terms of improved survival, earlier-stage diagnosis and improved quality of life, although these benefits vary between cancers.
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Telemedicine versus face to face patient care: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of telemedicine as an alternative to face-to-face patient care were evaluated in seven trials involving more than 800 people and two reviewers independently assessed trial quality and extracted data.
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Telemedicine versus face to face patient care: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.
TL;DR: Although none of the studies showed any detrimental effects from the interventions, neither did they show unequivocal benefits and the findings did not constitute evidence of the safety of telemedicine, there is little evidence of clinical benefits.
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The determinants of screening uptake and interventions for increasing uptake: a systematic review.
TL;DR: In this paper, three databases of published and grey literature were searched using a pre-specified search strategy, and additional references were located by hand-searching (Journal of Medical Screening), screening the references of included studies, and by contacting specialists in the subject area of the review.
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A rapid and systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of debriding agents in treating surgical wounds healing by secondary intention.
TL;DR: The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of debriding agents in treating surgical wounds healing by secondary intention at specialised wound care clinics as compared to conventional care was evaluated.