RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Matched controls in surveys of the use of 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 801
OP 810
VO 25
IS 160
A1 Ian Russell
YR 1975
UL http://bjgp.org/content/25/160/801.abstract
AB This paper describes how an age-sex register may be used as a sampling frame for the selection of matched controls in studies of the use of general practice. It discusses both the analysis of data collected in this way and the advantages and limitations of the method itself. The application of the method to a case-study suggests that patients who use hospital accident departments are also high users of general practice. Although care is needed in the interpretation of such results, it is concluded that matched controls can be used to ameliorate some of the problems of research in general practice.