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Primary care. Burden of proof
B Leese1, L Pedersen, J Holden
1National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Manchester University, UK.
The Health Service Journal
|October 30, 1997
Abstract:
Evidence that the shift of services from secondary to primary care is creating extra work for GPs is limited. A study showed that it is possible to quantify additional workload for GPs, but that certain aspects, such as measuring the time input, remain problematic. Future research needs to agree workload definitions, employ sensitive measures other than consultation rates, and distinguish between workload in practices and that of individual practitioners.