Abstract
Techniques of analysis now used in geography can be applied to general practice. They show that the locations of general practitioners' premises are not randomly distributed and are not related to the sites of populations or to patients in greatest need of medical services. The findings suggest a concentration of surgeries in middle class areas and lack of surgeries in areas of low social class.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Hart J. T. The inverse care law. Lancet. 1971 Feb 27;1(7696):405–412. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(71)92410-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hopkins E. J., Pye A. M., Solomon M., Solomon S. The relation of patients age, sex and distance from surgery to the demand on the family doctor. J R Coll Gen Pract. 1968 Nov;16(5):368–378. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Richardson I. M., Dingwall-Fordyce I. Patient geography in general practice. Catchment areas of Aberdeen practices. Lancet. 1968 Dec 14;2(7581):1290–1293. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(68)91779-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Townsend P. Inequality and the health service. Lancet. 1974 Jun 15;1(7868):1179–1190. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)91001-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]