PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J. S. Mccormick AU - Shane P. A. Allwright TI - A comparison of general practice in Britain and Ireland DP - 1977 May 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 271--274 VI - 27 IP - 178 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/27/178/271.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/27/178/271.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1977 May 01; 27 AB - The work patterns of general practitioners in the British NHS and in the General Medical Services Scheme in the Republic of Ireland are compared. Doctors in the Republic have higher consultation and domiciliary visiting rates. These differences are not explainable in terms of the different age/sex structures of the populations under care.