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The challenge of an inner city practice.
The term "inner city" has come to be synonymous with severe social deprivation with characteristics such as a high density of population, a high concentration of unskilled workers, high levels of unemployment and poor housing. These factors are all present to a greater or lesser extent in our area. Many inner cities also have problems due to a high percentage of people from ethnic minorities. I...
متن کاملThe heaviest repeat users of an inner city emergency department are not general practice patients.
OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that frequent attenders to the ED are suitable for diversion to general practice. METHODS A retrospective review of a computerized database for the top 500 frequent presenters to an inner city adult teaching hospital ED. RESULTS Five hundred patients presented 12,940 times, an average of 26 times per patient, accounting for (8.4% [8.3, 8.6]) of total ED pres...
متن کاملCounselling in an inner city general practice: analysis of its use and uptake.
BACKGROUND In recognition of the emotional problems which frequently underlie somatic complaints, practices increasingly offer counselling as part of their services to patients. In an inner city practice, a combination of short term counselling, volunteer befriending, community outreach and social work services is offered as a means of responding to the full range of patients' counselling needs...
متن کاملA pilot study of cardiovascular risk assessment in Afro-Caribbean patients attending an inner city general practice.
BACKGROUND Afro-Caribbean ethnic minorities are at high risk of stroke and the sequelae of hypertension. OBJECTIVE To investigate cardiovascular risk factors and Dundee risk rank in Afro-Caribbeans attending one inner city general practice and to find which methods of health promotion patients preferred. METHODS We assessed cardiovascular risk including systolic and diastolic blood pressure...
متن کاملHypertension in the inner city.
Sixty dropouts from hypertensive clinics were interviewed in depth to determine reasons for noncompliance. Waiting time and a poor doctor-patient relationship were the major reasons given. The average waiting time prior to examination by the doctor was 2.5 hours, and the average waiting time at the pharmacy was 1.8 hours. In contrast the average time spent with the doctor was 7.5 min. The poor ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.280.6215.718-e