RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Non-attenders in general practice JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 404 OP 409 VO 26 IS 167 A1 C. D. Baker YR 1976 UL http://bjgp.org/content/26/167/404.abstract AB Non-attenders for five years or longer (77 men and 27 women; i.e. 1ยท9 per cent of the practice) in a general practice of 5,750 patients were identified and paired with controls in the same practice. A survey by questionnaire was carried out. The conclusions were: (1) A higher proportion of non-attenders are self-employed, (2) A lower proportion of them had retired than their attending counterparts, (3) They are spread over the whole age-range, but with a higher concentration in the ages 35 and over, (4) They are evenly spread over the social classes, (5) They seldom seek other sources of medical advice or treatment, (6) They are significantly slimmer than their fellows, (7) Their non-attendance does not, on the whole, cloak serious but remediable illness.