Can general practice data be used for needs assessment and health care planning in an inner-london district?

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 475-483

  Scobie, Sarah ^a   Basnett, Ian ^a   Mccartney, Peter ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029559128     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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