The relationship between census-derived socio-economic variables and general practice consultation rates in three town centre practices

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 435, 1998, Pages 1675-1678

  Carlisle, Robin ^a,c   Johnstone, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b North Nottinghamshire Health

^c Roundwood Surgery

Author keywords

Census; Consultation rates; Deprivation scores; Socio economic; Town centres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031752209     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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