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3139232

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6648
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate variations in the number of outpatients seen in different NHS regions of Great Britain data on numbers of outpatients, number of consultants per 100,000 population, mortality, and prescribing rates were analysed for four specialties: medicine, thoracic medicine, psychiatry, and dermatology. The number of outpatients seen was strongly associated with the provision of consultants in all four specialties and only weakly associated with need for outpatient services as measured by standardised mortality ratios and mean numbers of prescriptions per patient issued by general practitioners. Interpretations of differences in referral rates need to take into account variations in the supply of specialists as a factor that may influence the referral behaviour of general practitioners.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0959-8138
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
297
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
599-600
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Are referrals by general practitioners influenced by the availability of consultants?
pubmed:affiliation
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't