Is it time to end general health checks?
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111227
Is it time to end general health checks?
Keywords: health policy; preventive medicine; primary care.
Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: CH and KRM are supported by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research Evidence Synthesis Working group (NIHR SPCR ESWG project 390). CH is also supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, is an NIHR Senior Investigator and Editor in Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. KRM is an Associate Editor of BMJ EBM.
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