title: The cost of a general practitioner in the national health service.
abstract: This paper estimates the cost to the National Health Service of decisions made by a trainee general practitioner during two consecutive weeks. By extrapolation of the cost of these actions (issuing prescriptions, issuing National Insurance certificates, requesting investigations, and initiating hospital referrals), the annual cost of a general practitioner in the National Health Service is at least pound43,000.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004180:Direct Service Costs; D005194:Family Practice; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom