Patients and Their Doctors, 1964; Main Patient

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>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.<br>
There are ten datasets making up this study:<br>
&lt;i&gt;Main Patients&lt;/i&gt; SN:394<br>
&lt;i&gt;General Practitioners&lt;/i&gt; SN:704<br>
&lt;i&gt;Depression&lt;/i&gt; SN:705<br>
&lt;i&gt;G.P. Consultation&lt;/i&gt; SN:706<br>
&lt;i&gt;Out-Patients&lt;/i&gt; SN:707<br>
&lt;i&gt;Children&lt;/i&gt; SN:708<br>
&lt;i&gt;Mothers&lt;/i&gt; SN:709<br>
&lt;i&gt;Old People&lt;/i&gt; SN:710<br>
&lt;i&gt;Failure Schedules&lt;/i&gt; SN:835<br>
&lt;i&gt;No National Health Service Docotr&lt;/i&gt; SN:836<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Description of doctor's type of practice, time/distance to surgery and to general hospital, whether doctor would recognise respondent on street. Number of consultations, home visits, advisory telephone calls and visits to outpatients during last 12 months. Other consultations with other doctors or at work, reasons for attending private practice (where appropriate), number of requests to doctor for certificate of sick leave and/or prescriptions. Number of full examination discussions about diet or smoking. Opinion on important qualities of a GP, perceived advantages and disadvantages of a doctor working on his own, attitude to seeing another doctor in the practice. Whether women respondents preferred a female GP. Opinions on and preferences for appointment systems, hours of surgery and availability at other times. Preference for GP or specialist treatment, knowledge of times doctor was on call. Particular health problems or worries, type of discussion respondent would like to have with doctor and/or other professional advisers. Respondents were asked to say whether they would visit their GP or the out-patients for a variety of complaints. Respondent's assessment of relative prestige of GPs (change over last 10 years).<br>
Background Variables<br>
Age, sex, marital status, occupation, school-leaving age, further education, length of residence in area, telephone ownership.

<P>本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据集采集版权所有者所有。</P>本研究的目的为：采集能够描述全科医疗——涵盖家庭医疗、个人诊疗、居家照护与一线门诊服务——核心特征的数据；获取患者与医生双方视角下全科医生（General Practitioner, GP）的角色相关信息。<br>本研究共包含10个数据集：<br><i>核心患者</i> SN:394<br><i>全科医生</i> SN:704<br><i>抑郁症</i> SN:705<br><i>全科问诊</i> SN:706<br><i>门诊患者</i> SN:707<br><i>儿童群体</i> SN:708<br><i>孕产妇群体</i> SN:709<br><i>老年群体</i> SN:710<br><i>诊疗失败记录</i> SN:835<br><i>无英国国民保健服务（National Health Service, NHS）医生群体</i> SN:836<br><B>核心主题</B>:<br>态度与行为类问卷<br>涵盖医生诊疗类型、前往诊所及综合医院的耗时与距离、医生是否能在街上认出受访者等信息；受访者过去12个月内的问诊、上门出诊、咨询电话及门诊随访次数；因其他病症前往其他医生处就诊或因公就诊的情况、选择私人诊疗的原因（如适用）、向医生申请病假证明或处方的次数；针对饮食或吸烟习惯开展的全面健康讨论次数；受访者对全科医生核心执业素养的看法、对全科医生独立执业的利弊感知、对诊疗团队内其他医生的接诊态度；女性受访者是否更倾向于选择女性全科医生；对预约制度、门诊时段及非工作时段诊疗可及性的看法与偏好；对全科诊疗或专科诊疗的偏好、对医生轮值时段的了解情况；特定健康问题或担忧、期望与医生或其他专业顾问开展的讨论类型；受访者被要求说明针对各类不适，会选择前往全科医生处就诊还是前往门诊就医；对全科医生社会地位的评价及近10年的变化情况。<br><B>背景变量</B>:<br>年龄、性别、婚姻状况、职业、离校年龄、继续教育情况、在当前居住地的居住时长、电话拥有情况。