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National Survey of NHS Patients: General Practice

Abstract

The National Surveys of NHS Patients programme comprises a series of surveys designed to contribute to monitoring the performance of the NHS as seen from the patient's perspective.

Main Topics/Subject Category
Visiting your general practitioner, nurses at GP practice, out of hours care, hospital referrals, general health and basic demographic information
Variables
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findi[…]&class=0&from=sn#gs
Keywords
England, age, antenatal care, attitudes, care of dependants, care of the sick, chiropody, chiropractic, choice, clinical tests and measurements, counsellors, debilitative illness, depression, disabled facilities, doctor-patient relationship, economic activity, emotional states, employees, employment history, ethnic groups, family planning clinics, gender, general practitioners, health, health consultations, health professionals, health services, hospital waiting lists, hospitalization, households, ill health, information, information needs, interpersonal communication, interpersonal relations, languages, managers, marital status, medical care, medical centres, medical examinations, medical partnerships, medical practices, medical records, nurses, office workers, organizations, pain, patients, physicians, physiotherapy, redress of grievances, referral, self-employed, state health services, supervisory status, surgery
Identifier Variables
GOR, HA
Economic/Subject Categories
Quality measure, Proxies
Area of Health System
Primary care
Data Available
Demographic
Data collecting organization (s)
National Centre for Social Research and Department of Health
Data Type
Survey (cross-sectional)
National/Regional
National
Coverage (date of field work)
2002
Unit of Analysis
Individual
Sample

145,675 adults aged 18 or over on the on the English Electoral Register in 2002

Availability
ESDS, UK Data Archive
Conditions of Access
Free registration access
Link
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findi[…]25&key=general+practice
Contact
help@esds.ac.uk
Publications
Coulter A and Elwyn G, What do patients want from high-quality general practice and how do we involve them in improvement? Br J Gen Pract 2002; 52(Suppl): S22–S26