P. Sturdy

Prescribing patterns and costs.

Sturdy, P, Griffiths, C, Naish, J

Chronic disease management system for asthma.

Sturdy, P, Griffiths, C, Naish, J, Carter, Y

Do practice-based preventive child health services affect the use of hospitals? A cross-sectional study of hospital use by children in east London.

Hull, S, Harvey, C, Sturdy, P, Carter, Y, Naish, J, Pereira, F, ...

BACKGROUND: Acute paediatric admissions have risen steadily over the past 20 years. During the same period, practice-based child health clinics have increased, although provision is less common in...

Prescribing patterns and costs.

Sturdy, P, Griffiths, C, Naish, J

Chronic disease management system for asthma.

Sturdy, P, Griffiths, C, Naish, J, Carter, Y

Do practice-based preventive child health services affect the use of hospitals? A cross-sectional study of hospital use by children in east London.

Hull, S, Harvey, C, Sturdy, P, Carter, Y, Naish, J, Pereira, F, ...

BACKGROUND: Acute paediatric admissions have risen steadily over the past 20 years. During the same period, practice-based child health clinics have increased, although provision is less common in...

Hospital admissions for asthma in east London: associations with characteristics of local general practices, prescribing, and population.

Griffiths, C., Sturdy, P., Naish, J., Omar, R., Dolan, S., Feder, G.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative importance of appropriate prescribing for asthma in explaining high rates of hospital admission for asthma among east London general practices. DESIGN: Poisson...

Ratio of inhaled corticosteroid to bronchodilator as indicator of quality of asthma prescribing. Outcome measures need to reflect morbidity and quality of care.

Griffiths, C., Sturdy, P., Naish, J., Feder, G., Omar, R., Dolan, S., ...

Effect of deprivation on general practitioners referral rates. Analyses should take age and sex into account.

Sturdy, P., Pereira, F., Hull, S., Carter, Y., Naish, J., Harvey, C.

Psychological, social and health behaviour risk factors for deaths certified as asthma: a national case-control study

Sturdy, P, Victor, C, Anderson, H, Bland, J, Butland, B, Harrison, B, ...

Background: Uncontrolled studies suggest that psychosocial factors and health behaviour may be important in asthma death.

Prescribing and hospital admissions for asthma in east London.

Griffiths, C., Naish, J., Sturdy, P., Pereira, F.

Study in London confirms influence of ethnic group on treatment for asthma.

Sturdy, P., Nash, J., Carter, Y., Griffiths, C.

Characteristics of general practices that prescribe appropriately for asthma.

Sturdy, P., Naish, J., Pereira, F., Griffiths, C., Dolan, S., Toon, P., ...

Appropriate prescribing in asthma and its related cost in east London.

Naish, J., Sturdy, P., Toon, P.

OBJECTIVES--To determine the patterns of preventive to reactive prescribing for asthma among general practices in the City and East London Family Health Services Authority area and their relation to...

Appropriate prescribing in asthma.

Naish, J., Sturdy, P., Griffiths, C., Toon, P.

Deaths certified as asthma and use of medical services: a national case-control study

Sturdy, P, Butland, B, Anderson, H, Ayres, J, Bland, J, Harrison, B, ...

Background: Studies have linked asthma death to either increased or decreased use of medical services.