Consultation rates with a doctor in 1996.
Data from 23 Sheffield practices showed general practitioner in-surgery consultation rates running at an average of 3395 per 1000 patients in 1996-1997. This is 30% above the equivalent contact rate found in the Fourth National Morbidity Survey of England and Wales in 1991-1992.
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Centre for Innovation in Primary Care, Sheffield.
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D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload