Deprivation and volunteering by general practices: cross sectional analysis of a national primary care system

doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1449

BMJ 2005;331:1449-1451 (17 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1449

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Deprivation and volunteering by general practices: cross sectional analysis of a national primary care system

Daniel Mackay, research fellow¹, Matt Sutton, professor of health economics², Graham Watt, professor of general practice¹

¹ General Practice and Primary Care, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 9LX, ² Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

Correspondence to: GWatt gcmw1j@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

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Introduction

Since the inception of the NHS, primary medical services inthe United Kingdom have been mainly delivered by a large numberof general practices operating as independent businesses. Aswell as providing general medical services, practices can participatein several voluntary activities associated with quality careand service development.

Methods and results

Our study population comprised 5.35 million people served by1050 general practices and is a complete national sample ofpatients and practices.

We ranked general practice populations using a modified versionof the Scottish Indices of Deprivation 2003,¹ including currentlyavailable data for education, income, and employment, but excludingdata for access and health. We used practice mean values todivide the population into 10 groups of equal size, from tenth1 (least deprived) to tenth 10 (most deprived). We analysedthe deprivation related distribution of population health indicators,practice characteristics, and participation in voluntary developmentschemes, using data for . . . [Full text of this article]

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