title: General practice health checks of elderly people: a county-wide survey.
abstract: All general practices in Nottinghamshire were sent a questionnaire to examine the organisation and structure of their annual health checks for elderly people. The results indicated that 99% of responding practices offered checks, yet nearly one quarter estimated that under 50% of their elderly population actually had a check. Many practices had no system for following up old people who did not respond to an invitation for a check. Practices with smaller numbers of elderly people were more likely to estimate high response rates to invitations for a check and more likely to follow-up those who did not respond. The findings are discussed in relation to the reasons why many elderly people do not receive their annual health check.
authors.affiliation: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Groom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires