title: The work of a rural practice.
abstract: Study of the work load in the month of November over some years in a single handed rural practice has revealed several interesting trends, one being the way in which the work is gradually increasing. A more detailed study of the work over 12 months has demonstrated how fallacious impressions about one's work can be--the work being spread over a very much larger proportion of the patients than had been originally suspected.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population; D012606:Scotland; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis