PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. J. Y. Fisher
AU  - E. J. Calvert
AU  - W. Mychalkiw
TI  - Patterns of attendance at developmental assessment clinics
DP  - 1983 Apr 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 213--218
VI  - 33
IP  - 249
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/249/213.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/249/213.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1983 Apr 01; 33
AB  - A random sample of 489 children was collected at birth. There were clinic records for only 356 (73 per cent) of these children, and from this number 30 left the district or died. The parents of those with record cards were invited to bring their children to clinic when they reached the age of four years. Only 152 children (47 per cent) attended. Of the non-attenders, 129 were traced to schools in the borough when they reached the age of five years, as were 67 (51 per cent) of the 133 children without record cards. The children seen only at school were compared with the children seen at a Local Authority developmental assessment clinic. The clinic group were judged to come from the higher social classes and to have higher IQs than the school group, which suggests that clinics may be catering for those whose need is least.