RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Going to the doctor—attendances by members of 100 families in their first year in a new town
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 821
OP 827
VO 25
IS 160
A1 D. J. G. Bain
A1 A. E. Philip
YR 1975
UL http://bjgp.org/content/25/160/821.abstract
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.