Background: A health check refers to the practice of comprehensive medical assessments to
detect and manage risk factors and early chronic disease. Debate about the value of health …

Background A recent review concluded that general health checks fail to reduce mortality in
adults. Aim This review focuses on general practice-based health checks and their effects on …

Objectives To assess the potential cost-effectiveness of the 45–49 year old health check
versus usual care in Australian general practice using secondary data sources. Method Risk …

Background: The 45 year old health check (MBS item 717) for patients aged 45-49 years
was introduced in 2006. This study evaluated its impact on preventive care and patient …

The 1990 contract for general practitioners in the UK offered incentives for them to organize
health promo tion clinics and required them to perform 'lifestyle'checkups of their patients …

The NHS Health Checks is a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and
management programme for individuals in England aged between 40 and 74 with the aim of …

Patients are being offered an NHS health check in the hope that it will help them live a
longer and healthier life. To many people it seems common sense that health checks lead to …

With the advent of the new GP contract, the offering of health checks in general practice is on
the increase. This paper assesses the patient's response to this development. Conducted in …

Background Improving uptake of NHS Health Checks has become a priority in England, but
there is a lack of data on the perceptions of programme non-attenders. This study aimed to …

Background The NHS Health Check Programme presents the opportunity to reduce death
and ill health caused by cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Owing to the current restructuring …