TY - JOUR T1 - Converting medical records to A4 size in general practice JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 277 LP - 281 VL - 26 IS - 165 AU - H. W. K. Acheson Y1 - 1976/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/26/165/277.abstract N2 - A procedure for converting the medical record envelopes now used in general practice to an A4-sized record folder is described. The average time for conversion was 20·2 minutes per record and the cost, excluding filing equipment, averaged 41·6 pence for each record. The average cost to the practice was reduced to 16·4 pence per record by the reimbursement of 70 per cent of the clerk's salary from the local Family Practitioner Committee. ER -