PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. J. G. Bain
AU  - A. E. Philip
TI  - Going to the doctor—attendances by members of 100 families in their first year in a new town
DP  - 1975 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 821--827
VI  - 25
IP  - 160
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/25/160/821.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/25/160/821.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1975 Nov 01; 25
AB  - A study of 100 families' first year in a new town has shown that consulting rates are high, especially for psychiatric illness. Some reasons for this are discussed. If mobility has an effect on the health of individuals, with a consequent increase in the workload of general practitioners, then this must be taken into account in planning primary medical care services.