title: Consultation rates with a doctor in 1996.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Innovation in Primary Care, Sheffield.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eve
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hodgkin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGorrigan
mesh_terms: 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