Ethnic differences in general practitioner consultations.

Ethnic differences in general practitioner consultations.

OBJECTIVE To examine the levels of general practitioner consultations among the different ethnic groups resident in Britain. DESIGN The study was based on the British general household surveys of 1983-5 and included 63,966 people aged 0-64. Odds ratios were derived for consultation by ethnic group by using logistic regression analysis adjusting for age and socioeconomic group. SETTING The r...

General practitioner residency consultations: video feedback analysis

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyse longitudinally two decades of Portuguese general practitioner (GP) residents’ consultation features, such as consultation lengthestimating its major determinantsas well as to compare with GP residents from other Western practices. Methods: This pilot study followed a retrospective and descriptive design, comprising of the analysis of videotap...

A study of general-practitioner consultations in North-east Scotland.

Randomised controlled trial of nurse practitioner versus general practitioner care for patients requesting "same day" consultations in primary care.

OBJECTIVE To ascertain any differences between care from nurse practitioners and that from general practitioners for patients seeking "same day" consultations in primary care. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with patients allocated by one of two randomisation schemes (by day or within day). SETTING 10 general practices in south Wales and south west England. SUBJECTS 1368 patients reque...

Effects of air pollution on general practitioner consultations for upper respiratory diseases in London.

OBJECTIVES Few published studies have examined the effect of air pollution on upper respiratory conditions. Furthermore, most epidemiological studies on air pollution focus on mortality or hospital admissions as the main health outcomes, but very rarely consider the effect in primary care. If pollution effects do exist then the public health impact could be considerable because of the many pati...