The impact on general practitioners of the changing balance of care for elderly people living in institutions

AUTOR(ES)

Kavanagh, Shane

FONTE

British Medical Journal

RESUMO

Objectives: To describe utilisation of general practitioners by elderly people resident in communal establishments; to examine variations in general practitioner utilisation and estimate the likely impact of the “downsizing” of long stay provision in NHS hospitals.

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