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Recording of patients' mental health and quality of life-related outcomes in primary care: a cross-sectional study in the UK.

Helena CarreiraRachael WilliamsHarley DempseyKrishnan Bhaskaran
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
Many patients reporting mental health and QoL problems had no record of this in coded primary care data. This finding suggests that coded data does not fully reflect the burden of disease. Further research is needed to understand whether or not GPs are aware of patient distress in cases where codes have not been recorded.
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