Quantifying unmet need in General Practice: a retrospective cohort study of administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess whether patients attending general practices (GPs) in socioeconomically (SE) deprived areas receive the same amount of care, compared with similar patients (based on age, sex and level of morbidity) attending GPs in less deprived areas. If not, to quantify the additional resource that would be required by GPs in deprived areas to achieve parity.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

150 GPs in Scotland, UK, divided into two groups: 80 practices in Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) deciles 1-5 (more SE deprived); 70 practices in SIMD deciles 6-10 (less SE deprived).

Patients

437 590 patients registered with a more SE deprived GP, and 333 994 patients registered with a less SE deprived GP, for the whole study period (2013-201

SUBMITTER: McConnachie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10510933 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature