title: Using census information to estimate GP practice morbidity.
abstract: This paper shows how small area census data can be used to estimate the socio-demographic characteristics of GP practices. It provides information on the likely accuracy of the technique by applying it to estimates of the proportion of elderly patients within a practice (a statistic known from other sources) and produces evidence which suggests that the method is most successful where practices serve a high proportion of patients within their catchment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Cornwall Health Authority, St Austell.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Buckingham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003710:Demography; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology