PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richard M.G. Fearn
TI  - Norfolk general practice: a comparison of rural and urban doctors
DP  - 1988 Jun 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 270--273
VI  - 38
IP  - 311
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/38/311/270.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/38/311/270.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1988 Jun 01; 38
AB  - A postal questionnaire was sent to all Norfolk practitioners, allowing a comparison to be made between rural general practice and urban practice in Norwich and Great Yarmouth. However, when Norfolk town and country doctors were compared, little difference was found in their personal or practice characteristics. In respect of their workload rural doctors, as expected, carried out more procedures overall but, somewhat surprisingly, did not make more home visits. Both sets of doctors had similar views on their present and future role in general practice. When Norfolk doctors collectively were compared with general practitioners nationally their service appeared to be of a high standard. The only uncertainty surrounded the effects of the greater clustering of Norfolk surgeries, together with the levels of home visiting and their attendant effects on patient accessibility.