PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Graeme Ford
AU  - Rex Taylor
TI  - The elderly as underconsulters: a critical reappraisal
DP  - 1985 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 244--247
VI  - 35
IP  - 274
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/35/274/244.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/35/274/244.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1985 May 01; 35
AB  - This paper reconsiders the evidence for underconsultation among the elderly. Earlier evidence from studies of unreported illness is reassessed and new data are presented for the ratio of self-reported illness to number of consultations. It is concluded that underconsultation among the elderly is exaggerated and that there are implications for screening and case-finding. It is suggested that attention should be directed towards a combination of self-referral and multi-tiered screening for low contact and high risk groups.