Lewis, D.;
Mateos, P.;
Longley, P.;
(2009)
Choice and the composition of general practice patient registers.
(CASA Working Papers
150).
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL): London, UK.
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Abstract
Choice of general practice (GP) in the National Health Service (NHS), the UKs universal healthcare service, is a core element in the current trajectory of NHS policy. This paper uses an accessibility-based approach to investigate the pattern of patient choice that exists for GPs in the London Borough of Southwark. Using a spatial model of GP accessibility it is shown that particular population groups make non-accessibility based decisions when choosing a GP. These patterns are assessed by considering differences in the composition of GP patient registers between the current patient register, and a modelled patient register configured for optimal access to GPs. The patient population is classified in two ways for the purpose of this analysis: by geodemographic group, and by ethnicity. The paper considers choice in healthcare for intra-urban areas, focusing on the role of accessibility and equity.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Choice and the composition of general practice patient registers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/publications/workingPape... |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/19244 |
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