title: Providing census data for general practice. 1. Feasibility.
abstract: The availability of census data to general practice is limited by the form of publication, restricted access to computerized data and the technical difficulties of linking computerized information to a practice population. In a feasibility study it is shown how a population registered with a general practice may be linked through postcodes to computerized enumeration district data. Examples of the data available are discussed together with current problems of postcode/enumeration district mismatch. Suggestions are made for ensuring that general practitioners have access to the 1991 census data.
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003710:Demography; D005194:Family Practice; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D006113:United Kingdom