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 Number of consultations during last 12 months, number of home/hospital visits. Details of: last home visit, advice given over the phone, any private consulting. Whether doctor had special hours for babies and children - frequency of attendance. Whether most helpful advice obtained from doctor or clinic, desire for children to receive regular examination, opinion of school doctors. Background Variables Number of children (age, sex).
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.
