title: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the health district of Bassetlaw.
abstract: Planning by norms for health services means than any significant variation of need observed in a district must be quantified and taken into account. A postal questionnaire to all health care groups who might be giving a service to sufferers from Multiple Sclerosis yielded 182 names, representing 98 individual patients, a prevalence of 98 per 100,000 total population, 22% over the expected number based on other published sources and almost up to what would have been considered the exceptional levels in the Orkneys. General Practitioners notified 51% of cases; a higher proportion than any other group. Community occupational therapists, hospital medical records and the community nursing service accounted for nearly all the others.
authors.affiliation: Bassetlaw Health Authority.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003625:Data Collection; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires