Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was: to collect data describing the main features of general practice - family, personal, domiciliary and front-line care; to obtain information about the role of the general practitioner as seen by both patients and doctors. There are ten datasets making up this study: <i>Main Patients</i> SN:394 <i>General Practitioners</i> SN:704 <i>Depression</i> SN:705 <i>G.P. Consultation</i> SN:706 <i>Out-Patients</i> SN:707 <i>Children</i> SN:708 <i>Mothers</i> SN:709 <i>Old People</i> SN:710 <i>Failure Schedules</i> SN:835 <i>No National Health Service Docotr</i> SN:836
Main Topics:
Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Access to NHS hospital beds and diagnostic facilities (satisfaction). Paid or honorary appointments held at hospital, number of nights per week/weekend on call, opinion of emergency services, number of obstetrics cases in last 12 months. Enjoyable and frustrating aspects of general practice, special medical interests, opinion on optimal number of patients, methods of keeping up-to-date. Respondents were asked to agree/disagree with a number of statements about patients and general practice. Proportion of surgery consultations considered trivial, attitude to discussion of patient's personal problems, opinion on giving middle aged people regular check-ups, surgery hours. Background Variables Type of practice, ancillary help, social class of patients, appointment system, number of patients (NHS and private).
Random for patients, total doctors of patients' sample
Face-to-face interview
Postal survey
Face-to-face interviews were conducted with patients, and doctors received a postal questionnaire.
