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BJGP Open · ISSN (e) 2398-3795 · 4 papers in corpus
other 2026
doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0086 ·PMID:41034148

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis affects about one in 10 women, yet diagnosis often takes 8-12 years after onset of symptoms. In the Faroe Islands, GPs play a key role in recognising symptoms, managing care, and coordinating referrals to specialis…

2026
doi:10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0049 ·PMID:40930843

BackgroundPeople living with and dying from multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) are high users of healthcare services. Unscheduled care, the unplanned use of healthcare services, rises dramatically in the last year of life, likely reflect…

2025
doi:10.3399/bjgpo.2024.0147 ·PMID:40015745

BackgroundChronic pain (CP) is an ill-defined condition, often under-recorded in primary care records.AimTo determine prevalence, evidence of health inequalities, primary care consultation rates, and healthcare utilisation costs of CP.Desig…

other 2024
doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0019 ·PMID:38621791

BACKGROUND: Due to a heterogeneity of symptoms, a lack of an adequate diagnostic test, and a lack of awareness, diagnostic delay in endometriosis in primary care on average amounts to 35 months. AIM: To determine which interventions are mo…