Providing census data for general practice. 1. Feasibility

J R Coll Gen Pract. 1987 Oct;37(303):448-50.

Abstract

The availability of census data to general practice is limited by the form of publication, restricted access to computerized data and the technical difficulties of linking computerized information to a practice population. In a feasibility study it is shown how a population registered with a general practice may be linked through postcodes to computerized enumeration district data. Examples of the data available are discussed together with current problems of postcode/enumeration district mismatch. Suggestions are made for ensuring that general practitioners have access to the 1991 census data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catchment Area, Health*
  • Demography*
  • Family Practice*
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Humans
  • Methods
  • United Kingdom