Evaluating the Effect of a Molecular Point-of-Care Test on Acute Respiratory Infections in General Practice: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial

Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Line Maria Simonsen   ¹ , MA, PhD ;   Line Planck Kongstad   ² , MSc, PhD ;   Trine Thilsing   ¹ , DVM, PhD ;   Sonja Wehberg   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Jesper Hallas   ³ , MD, DMS ;   Liza Sopina   ² , MPH, PhD ;   Jesper Bo Nielsen   ¹ , MSci, PhD ;   Gritt Overbeck   ⁴ , MA, PhD ;   Elisabeth Assing Hvidt   ¹ , MA, PhD ;   Dorte Ejg Jarbøl   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Tina Lein Rasmussen   ¹ , MA ;   Jens Søndergaard   ¹ , MD, PhD

¹ Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark

² DaCHE - Danish Centre for Health Economics, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

³ Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

⁴ Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark