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. 2006 Apr;56(525):283-5.

Council tax valuation bands and contacts with a GP out-of-hours service

Norman Beale  1 , Gordon Taylor, Mark Gwynne, Carole Peart
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Council tax valuation bands and contacts with a GP out-of-hours service

Norman Beale et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

UK GPs are no longer responsible for the organisation of out-of-hours care for their patients, but resources remains capitation-based. This cross-sectional study tests whether council tax valuation bands can predict the demand for such services. All out-of-hours contacts made by patients in North Wiltshire over 4 months were classified by council tax band; frequencies compared with official population statistics. Council tax band predicts out-of-hours GP workload irrespective of age and sex: the more modest the home, the higher the GP contact rate. It may prove more difficult to sustain out-of-hours services in deprived parts of the UK.

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