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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 2254707" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>I think the aim of risk calculators is to avoid exactly the sort of thing you suggest. Blanket targets for prescription such as 'everyone with diabetes' or 'everyone over the age of 40' would result in offering medication to people who don't need it - it would be much better to identify those people who are at higher risk. The QRISK calculator is under constant process of revision to improve accuracy and an updated calculator is released every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 2254707, member: 52527"] I think the aim of risk calculators is to avoid exactly the sort of thing you suggest. Blanket targets for prescription such as 'everyone with diabetes' or 'everyone over the age of 40' would result in offering medication to people who don't need it - it would be much better to identify those people who are at higher risk. The QRISK calculator is under constant process of revision to improve accuracy and an updated calculator is released every year. [/QUOTE]
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