Most Australian clinical risk calculators are proven in studies then never used: Lancet review
Time, money and attention spans play a role.
Most doctors have read multitudes of studies or news stories about new clinical risk calculators that assess patients’ risk of developing unpredictable conditions or chronic disease.
But how many of these ever enter clinical practice?
The answer is very few, a review in The Lancet Regional Health — Western Pacific has concluded.
It found that most risk prediction or stratification tools developed for Australian healthcare are never implemented.
