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Use clinical prediction rule
| 395 (98.5) | 328 (81.8) | 399 (99.5) | 398 (99.3) |
| To aid diagnosis | 143 (35.7) | 219 (54.6) | 145 (36.2) | 273 (68.1) |
| To assess disease severity | 191 (47.6) | 142 (35.4) | 163 (40.6) | 141 (35.2) |
| To guide therapy | 336 (83.8) | 188 (46.9) | 363 (90.5) | 278 (69.3) |
| To guide referral | 89 (22.2) | 218 (54.4) | 95 (23.7) | 284 (70.8) |
| To comply with clinical guidelines or Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) | 267 (66.6) | 106 (26.4) | 253 (63.1) | 220 (54.9) |
| To inform or educate patients | 220 (54.9) | 75 (18.7) | 220 (54.9) | 137 (34.2) |
| Automatically generated by practice software | 106 (26.4) | 19 (4.7) | 67 (16.7) | 52 (13.0) |
| Other | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.7) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) |
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Do not use clinical prediction rule
| 6 (1.5) | 73 (18.2) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) |