Relationship between new and return consultations and workload in general practice.
General practitioners (GPs) in Tayside, with higher weekly surgery workloads, tended to have a greater proportion of return consultations compared with GPs with smaller workloads. By reducing the number of return consultations, GPs could have a notable effect on their workload and alleviate the, oft-quoted, stress induced by the perceived increase in demand for patient care.
Bain
J
J
Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee.
D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*