TY - JOUR AU - Rebnord, Ingrid K. AU - Hunskaar, Steinar AU - Gjesdal, Sturla AU - Hetlevik, Øystein PY - 2015 DA - 2015/11/19 TI - Point-of-care testing with CRP in primary care: a registry-based observational study from Norway JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 170 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Norwegian primary health care is maintained on the regular general practitioners (RGPs), GP’s contracted to the municipalities in a list patient system, working at daytime and at out-of-hours services (OOH services). Respiratory disease is most prevalent during OOH services, and in more than 50 % of the consultations, a CRP test is performed. Children in particular have a high consultation rate, and the CRP test is frequently conducted, but the contributing factors behind its frequent use are not known. This study compares the RGPs rate of CRP use at daytime and OOH in consultations with children and how this rate is influenced by characteristics of the RGPs. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0385-8 DO - 10.1186/s12875-015-0385-8 ID - Rebnord2015 ER -