Biomedical subjects

C D Beaumont

Publications and source records attributed to C D Beaumont.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1983

General practice--a quantitative study, 2. Spatial and temporal variation in morbidity.

Against the backcloth of te quantitative picture of general practice activity described in the companion paper (Beaumont and Pike, Ecol. Dis. 2, 45, 1983), the question of health-environment interaction is addressed. To this end morbidity analyses of a number of environmentally distinct sub-areas of the general practice facilitate investigation of the geography of morbidity at the primary care level. Despite the inherent spatial variations in environmental conditions within the practice, no significant environmental effect or morbidity is identifiable; even in the most deprived areas minimum sanitary conditions are fulfilled.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1983

General practice--a quantitative study, 1. Workload and morbidity variation.

A unique continuous 13-year morbidity database provides the foundation for a statistical analysis of general practice in an urban environment. Based on the Royal College of General Practitioners classification of morbidity this paper offers an objective assessment of both the level and variation in morbidity activity in general practice. Specification demographic characteristics of the individual patients are utilised to identify factors which can constrain general practice. Knowledge of such influences may be utilised in practice management and preventative medicine to provide a higher level of primary health care.

Adolescent↗