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COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE EVALUATION THE SOUTHERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: A BASELINE STUDY: 1. SOME FEATURES OF THE SURVEY DOCTORS AND THEIR PRACTICES
Author(s) -
MCCarthy Neville J.,
Moran Leon J.,
Deeble John S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb47687.x
Subject(s) - interim , baseline (sea) , medicine , family medicine , community health , work (physics) , primary care , nursing , geography , public health , engineering , mechanical engineering , oceanography , archaeology , geology
Twenty‐nine general practitioners actively associated with the Southern Memorial Hospital cooperated in a baseline survey during the months of August to October, 1972. The establishment of a comprehensive picture of characteristics of these practitioners and their practices preceded a doctor‐patient contact survey. A total of 5,214 doctor‐patient contacts were recorded over a 76‐consecutive‐day period from 222 doctor‐survey days (5,328 survey hours). The purpose of this survey was to enable subsequent studies to be constructed so as to detect changes in patterns of primary medical care, following the opening of a Community Care Centre. Furthermore, it was envisaged that average demand rates for investigative and consultative services, hospital beds, and supportive services per GP per year could be obtained for interim planning purposes. This paper, the first of three, briefly alludes to the background of the Southern Memorial Hospital and its Community Care Centre concept, and discusses the overall aims and methodology of the survey. The participating doctors are described in terms of personal attitudes and work characteristics and an analysis is made of the time span of their protracted working week.