RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Providing census data for general practice. 2. Usefulness
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 451
OP 454
VO 37
IS 303
A1 Christopher Foy
A1 Allen Hutchinson
A1 Jane Smyth
YR 1987
UL http://bjgp.org/content/37/303/451.abstract
AB Computerized census data are described in relation to a general practice population. The previously published methods for scoring deprivation – underprivileged areas score and material deprivation score – are applied to the data. Wards and enumeration districts within a single practice area are ranked by both methods and examples show the wide variation in deprivation scores for enumeration districts within single wards. The value of these data to a general practice is discussed with particular reference to developing a profile of the practice and to planning prevention and anticipatory care.