The Organisation of Primary Medical Care in the Army
| Autor: | F. G. Neild, I. P. Crawford, W. R. O. Eggington, J. G. P. Power |
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| Rok vydání: | 1972 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 118:189-198 |
| ISSN: | 2052-0468 0035-8665 |
| Popis: | The use of AF W 3181 in assessing minor morbidity is discussed. Recent surveys of family morbidity in B.A.O.R., Singapore and Hong Kong indicate that morbidity returns must be analysed in considerable depth to assist in the proper organisation of primary medical care. A recent editorial in the Journal (1970) suggested that the general practitioner in the Army was probably more acutely aware than any of his medical colleagues of the increasing prevalence of psycho-social problems, since for him 'problems' rather than , sickness' crowd his waiting room, while a letter by Cormack in a later Journal (1970) suggested that it was this very work which disenchanted the younger doctors working in isolated practices which were only loosely grouped. In 1964 the Journal devoted a whole number to 'Group Practice' in which Dr. John Fry, the newly appointed Honorary Consultant in General Practice, took a closer look, Dr. Donald Crombie dealt with research and other authors covered the remaining aspects of general practice. Dr. Fry gave as his first priority for solving the problems facing general practice the establishment of a ' Beeching-type ' analysis, setting up operational research units which would accurately pin-point the problems requiring solution. It is therefore the purpose of this paper to examine what statistical indices are now available for this assessment. |
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