RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 One practice's review of its use of a general practitioner hospital
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 401
OP 404
VO 30
IS 216
A1 Goucke, C. R.
YR 1980
UL http://bjgp.org/content/30/216/401.abstract
AB For a period of six months a record was kept of every attendance at a general practitioner hospital by a patient from a four-partner practice with a list of 10,500 patients. During the six-month period one in 17 of the practice population was x-rayed; one in 50 attended the physiotherapy department, and the rate for general practitioner surgery consultations was one per person. I believe that in semi-rural North Yorkshire the general practitioner hospital has a continuing role to play and such a hospital can provide a better and more comprehensive service to patients, and give professional satisfaction and stimulation to the primary health care team.