Out of hours workload of a suburban general practice: deprivation or expectation.

作者: J Pitts , M Whitby

DOI: 10.1136/BMJ.300.6732.1113

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摘要: The out of hours workload a training practice in suburban and semirural area on the south coast England was studied for one year. An overall rate contact 273/1000 patients found, which indicated greater than that reported most other studies. duty doctor received over 35 telephone calls from during some Saturdays (1200 Saturday to 0800 Sunday) Sundays (0800 Monday), up five being between 2300 0700. Of who contacted general practitioner, 44% were given advice by 4.9% admitted hospital. admission lower A considerable proportion arose doctors covering casualty department cottage Patients having high expectation 24 hour care practitioners an comparative affluence (Jarman indices -13.8 1.7) may account this aspect workload.

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