RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Repeat prescriptions
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 517
OP 518
VO 33
IS 253
A1 D. M. Fleming
YR 1983
UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/517.abstract
AB Ninety-six general practitioner recorders undertook an average of 308 consultations in the two weeks reviewed, equivalent to 121 consultations per 1,000 registered patients on the list. The number of patients to whom repeat prescriptions were issued was 10,225. The mean rate of issue of repeat prescriptions was 41.9 per 1,000 list, (346 per 1,000 consultations) though these figures conceal a wide variation between the recorders, 41 per cent of recipients were aged 65+ years and 20 per cent had not been seen by their doctor in the six months prior to receipt. The repeat prescribing rate of individual doctors bears no relation to the workload as measured by the number of consultations undertaken.