RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Wide variations in the night visiting rate
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 395
OP 395
VO 35
IS 277
A1 T.P. Usherwood
A1 M.A. Kapasi
A1 J.H. Barber
YR 1985
UL http://bjgp.org/content/35/277/395.abstract
AB The night visit record of an out-of-hours rota service of a large health centre which includes 10 group practices was examined. The mean annual night visiting rate for the health centre was 35.2 per 1000 patients, ranging from 25.8 to 43.5 between individual practices. The organization of medical care at night was the same for all the practices, and no major demographic differences between practices were identified. It is argued that the doctor—patient relationship may have an influence on differences in night visiting rates.