GP referral to an eating disorder service: why the wide variation?
Hugo, Pippa, Kendrick, Tony, Reid, Fiona and Lacey, Hubert (2000) GP referral to an eating disorder service: why the wide variation? British Journal of General Practice, 50, (454), 380-383.
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BACKGROUND: Early detection and management of patients with eating disorders is thought to improve prognosis, yet little is known about the factors associated with referral of these patients to treatment centres. AIM: To calculate general practitioner (GP) referral rates to a specialist eating disorder service and determine the association between referral rate and general practice and practitioner factors. METHOD: Referral rate was calculated from a database of routine referrals to St George's Hospital Eating Disorder Service from January 1990 to May 1996 and correlated with practice and practitioner details obtained from medical directories and health authority data. RESULTS: There was a wide variation in referral rates. A higher referral rate was found to be associated with practice size, proximity to the clinic, female GPs, GPs having the MRCGP qualification, being United Kingdom qualified, and offering full contraceptive services. Fundholding was associated with lower rates of referral. CONCLUSION: Patients with eating disorders may be at a disadvantage in certain practices. Educational interventions could be targeted towards low referrals
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSN: | 0960-1643 (print) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | treatment, psychiatry, patients,family, general practice, economics, sex factors,adolescent, eating, adult, humans, referral and consultation, statistics & numerical data, general-practice, prognosis, eating disorders, referral, disorders, referrals, epidemiology, female, gps, physicians, middle aged, health, male, london, disorder, services, diagnosis, education, great britain, physician's practice patterns, therapy, health services accessibility |
| Related URLs: | http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.g...id=1313702 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine |
| ePrint ID: | 61818 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61818 |
| Deposited On: | 10 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:55 |
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