Referrals to a regional allergy clinic - an eleven year audit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Allergy is a serious and apparently increasing public health problem yet relatively little is known about the types of allergy seen in routine tertiary practice, including their spatial distribution, co-occurrence or referral patterns. This study reviewed referrals over an eleven year period to a regional allergy clinic that had a well defined geographical boundary. For those patients confirmed as having an allergy we explored: (i) differences over time and by demographics, (ii) types of allergy, (iii) co-occurrence, and (iv) spatial distributions.

Methods

Data were extracted from consultant letters to GPs, from September 1998 to September 2009, for patients confirmed as having an allergy. Other data included referral statistics and population data by postcode. Si

SUBMITTER: Jones RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3022859 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature