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Morbidity Statistics from General Practice - Fourth national study 1991/92
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Title:
Morbidity Statistics from General Practice - Fourth national study 1991/92
National Statistics product:
Yes
Organisation (Sponsor):
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Type of contents:
Mainly data & analyses
Primary medium:
Online edition
Secondary medium/media:
Hardcopy Publication
Summary description:
Morbidity data from the fourth National Survey of Morbidity carried out jointly by ONS (formerly OPCS), the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department of Health.
Contains statistics on the reasons, as perceived by the doctor or practice nurse, for which people consult in general practice. These are linked to the socio-economic characteristics of each patient - providing a comparison of the incidence and prevalence of disease among different groups in the community. The results are broadly indicative of reported morbidity in England and Wales as a whole.
1. Background to the study: methods, characteristics of the study practices and study population; recording data; interpretation of the data and some of its uses. 2. Results 3. Trends in morbidity 4. Variations in morbidity: socio-economic and geographic 5. Which patients consult: multivariate analysis of socio-economic factors 6. Estimating morbidity levels for small areas Tables Appendices References
Price:
Free at ONS website Or £30.00 for hardcopy
Disaggregated by gender:
Yes
Main areas for which data is collected:
National: England Wales
Associated reference publications:
OPCS Monitor Morbidity Statistics from General Practice 1991/92 (MSGP4). MB5 94/1 (OPCS 1994). Preliminary findings from the study; text and tables.
Morbidity statistics from general practice 1981-82: third national study (MSGP3) (inc. microfiche); Series MB5 No.1; ISBN 0-11-690756-8; (HMSO 1986).
Morbidity statistics from general practice 1981-82: third national study (MSGP3): socio-economic analyses (inc. microfiche); Series MB5 No.2; ISBN 0-11-691298-7; (HMSO 1990).
Morbidity statistics from general practice 1971-72: second national study (MSGP2); SMPS No. 36; ISBN 0-11-690703-7; (HMSO 1979).
Morbidity statistics from general practice 1971-72: second national study (MSGP2): socio-economic analyses; SMPS No. 46; ISBN 0-11-690910-2; (HMSO 1982).
Bibliographic material:
Who sees their general practitioner and for what reason? McCormick A, Charlton J, Fleming D; Health Trends (1995); 27:34-35 Changing patterns of consultation in general practice: fourth national morbidity study, 1991-1992. Ebrahim S; Brit J of General Practice (June 1995); 283-285 Can general practice data be used for needs assessment and health care planning in an inner-London district? Scobie S, Basnett I, McCartney P; J of Public Health Medicine (1995); 17(4):475-483 Fourth national morbidity study. (Letter). Charlton J, Skinner C; Brit J of General Practice (October 1995); 565 Assessing health needs in primary care (Letter). McCormick A, Charlton J, Fleming D; Brit Medical J (1995); 310:1534 Morbidity and Healthcare utilisation of children in households with one adult: comparative observational study. Charlton J, Fleming DM; Brit Medical J (1998); 316:1572-1576 Home visiting by general practitioners in England and Wales. Aylin P, Majeed FA, Cook DG; Brit Medical J (1996); 313:207-210 Mortality among second generation Irish in England and Wales. Haskey J; Brit Medical J (1996); 312:1373-1374
