Top Cited General/Family Practice Articles

We wanted to highlight our top cited research from 2017 – 2019 to draw attention to the high quality, cutting edge research in the field of General/Family Practice.

2019

Influenza-like illness and antimicrobial prescribing in Australian general practice from 2015 to 2017: a national longitudinal study using the MedicineInsight dataset
Carla De Oliveira Bernardo, David Gonzalez-Chica and Nigel Stocks
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026396

Engaging primary care physicians in system change – an interpretive qualitative study in a remote and rural health region in Northern British Columbia, Canada
David Snadden, Trish Reay, Neil Hanlon et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028395

GP retention in the UK: a worsening crisis. Findings from a cross-sectional survey
Katherine Owen, Thomas Hopkins, Thomas Shortland et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026048

Prevalence and practice for rare diseases in primary care: a national cross-sectional study in the USA
Ara Jo, Samantha Larson, Peter Carek et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027248

Qualitative evaluation of a complex intervention to implement health promotion activities according to healthcare attendees and health professionals: EIRA study (phase II)
Mariona Pons-Vigués, Anna Berenguera, Núria Coma-Auli et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023872

2018

Patient navigators facilitating access to primary care: a scoping review
Annette Peart, Virginia Lewis, Ted Brown et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019252

An electronic health records cohort study on heart failure following myocardial infarction in England: incidence and predictors
Johannes M I H Gho, Amand F Schmidt, Laura Pasea et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018331

2017

Social prescribing: less rhetoric and more reality. A systematic review of the evidence
Liz Bickerdike, Alison Booth, Paul M Wilson et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013384

International variations in primary care physician consultation time: a systematic review of 67 countries
Greg Irving, Ana Luisa Neves, Hajira Dambha-Miller et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017902

Generic prognostic factors for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a systematic review
Majid Artus, Paul Campbell, Christian D Mallen et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012901

Association of comorbidity and health service usage among patients with dementia in the UK: a population-based study
Jorge Browne, Duncan A Edwards, Kirsty M Rhodes et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012546

Adherence to guidelines for creatinine and potassium monitoring and discontinuation following renin-angiotensin system blockade: a UK general practice-based cohort study
Morten Schmidt, Kathryn E Mansfield, Krishnan Bhaskaran et al
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012818