A self-contained method of evaluating the provision of preventive care in general practice

In an earlier paper a method was described by which general practitioners are able to obtain dissatisfaction data from their patients by means of questionnaires. A similar approach has been used to study preventive care activities of general practitioners. We have found it to be practicable and acceptable to patients and surgery personnel. It also yields results which are consistent and which have apparently stimulated some practitioners to alter their practice behaviour by increasing their preventive care activities.