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. 1989 Apr;52(4):436-8.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.4.436.

A record of patient encounters in neurological practice in the United Kingdom

A Hopkins  1 , M Menken, G DeFriese
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A record of patient encounters in neurological practice in the United Kingdom

A Hopkins et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1989 Apr.

Abstract

Thirteen consultant neurologists working in ten different towns or cities in the United Kingdom were asked to log all their encounters with patients in 1 week. The median number of encounters was 79 (range 33-144). Forty-one per cent were new patients; 85% of all new patient encounters were with National Health Service patients. In more than four-fifths of all encounters, the neurologist felt that the consultation was a justified use of his experience. Consultations for headache/migraine and epilepsy together accounted for over a quarter of all encounters.

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