GPs' differing responses to out-of-hours calls.

8 April 1989

journal article
research article

Vol. 233 (1466) , 493-5

Abstract

After noticing trainer-trainee differences in the proportion of patients visited, a three-month audit of all out-of-hours requests and calls was performed. A wide variation of response was found among doctors on the rota. Those more likely to visit were also more likely to prescribe. A large proportion of the user population was either very young or very old and had an annual consultation rate nearly three times the mean for the practice as a whole.

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