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Research type:

Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) 

Title (lead author) etc:

Systematic review and modelling of the investigation of acute and chronic chest pain presenting in primary care  (Mant) 170 pages, Volume 8, number 2

DOI

10.3310/hta8020
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Project ref:

97/12/01 

Original project title:

A systematic review of the urgent assessment of chest pain in general practice and of the most cost-effective method of investigation of recurrent chest pain 

Chief Investigator:

Professor Richard Hobbs, Head of Department, Department of Primary Care & General Practice, University of Birmingham

Start Date:

November 1999.  

Publication date:

February 2004

Cost:

£56,782 

MeSH* index primary terms:

CHEST-PAIN Q-etiology; MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION Q-diagnosis; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Q-economics; GATEKEEPING (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

HUMAN; REVIEW-LITERATURE; DIAGNOSIS-DIFFERENTIAL; PAN-INTRACTABLE Q-etiology; PATIENT-ADMISSION; DECISION-MAKING; COSTS-AND-COST-ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; MODELS-ECONOMIC  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

NRR* number, if applicable:

N0484056610 (*National Research Register) 

Project Protocol:

Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

146 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

Downloads/Views of electronic version from website:

23530 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 15th October 2008.

URL of this page:

http://www.hta.ac.uk/1115

Outputs from this project

  • McManus, RJ; Mant, J; Davies, MK; Davies, RC; Deeks, JJ; Oakes, RAL; Hobbs, FDR. A systematic review of the evidence for rapid-access chest pain clinics. International Journal of Clinical Practice 2002 Jan-Feb;56(1):29-33.
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