Caries in deprived areas 1. Adults

Deprived areas: deprived of training?

Health inequalities are a UK-wide health priority, but previous studies prior to expansion in GP training showed a deficit in training numbers in deprived areas. This study set out to examine whether this is still the case, using 2009 training practice data and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Training practices were found to be significantly less deprived and significantly larger wh...

Challenges of Physicians Working Long in Deprived Areas in Iran

Background and Aim: Implementation of a program to support physicians’ working long in deprived areas is one of the most important programs of the Health System Transformation Plan in response to the challenge of the shortage of expert staff, particularly physicians. Numerous factors affect the persistence of physicians in different regions, especially in deprived ones. This study aims to expla...

Physician retention in deprived areas: a letter to the editor

Targeting deprived areas within small areas in Scotland: population study.

Anticipatory care in very deprived areas.

Series and diabetes. The cardinal feature of his practice was an unconditional approach to all of the problems presented by his patients, providing continuity and coordination, and using epidemiology to measure what he had and hadn't done. The epidemiology was new, but the interventions were mainstream. As part of the Deep End Project, 20 GPs from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverclyde met to review...