Council tax valuation bands and contacts with a GP out-of-hours service

British Journal of General Practice

Mark Gwynne¹  Gordon Taylor¹  Norman Beale¹  Carole Peart¹ 

[1] Northlands R&D General Practice, Calne

关键词: council tax valuation band;    health resources;    out-of-hours medical care;    primary care;    socioeconomic factors;    workload;   

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学科分类：卫生学

来源: Royal College of General Practitioners

【 摘 要 】

UK GPs are no longer responsible for the organisation of out-of-hours care for their patients, but resources remains capitation-based. This cross-sectional study tests whether council tax valuation bands can predict the demand for such services. All out-of-hours contacts made by patients in North Wiltshire over 4 months were classified by council tax band; frequencies compared with official population statistics. Council tax band predicts out-of-hours GP workload irrespective of age and sex: the more modest the home, the higher the GP contact rate. It may prove more difficult to sustain out-of-hours services in deprived parts of the UK.

【 授权许可】

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