TY - JOUR T1 - Holidaymakers in a seaside town JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 486 LP - 490 VL - 27 IS - 181 AU - P. P. Davies Y1 - 1977/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/27/181/486.abstract N2 - A general practice in a holiday area has problems in dealing with the demands for general medical services by holidaymakers. A survey was devised to study these demands and their effect on the work of the practice. Throughout the summer months every eighth patient seen in the surgery was a visitor and at the peak period every fifth patient was a temporary resident. Temporary residents requested proportionately more home visits late in the day and those staying more than 15 days had a higher doctor contact rate. ER -