Patients and Their Doctors, 1964; Out-Patients

<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>
Details of illnesses for which respondent had received home visits, number of consultations, initial reason for attendance at outpatients and details of attendance since then. Treatment and tests received during last 12 months, usual length of waiting time (satisfaction), whether appointment usually made, opinion on necessity for hospital visit.