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The Health and Attitudes of People Who Seldom Consult a Doctor
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NursingFamily MedicineHumanity And MedicinePrimary CarePatient SatisfactionHealth PolicyNational Health ServiceMedical HistoryPatient EducationGeneral PracticePatient-centered OutcomeSocial CharacteristicsPrimary Health CarePublic HealthMedicinePatient ExperienceHealth Services ResearchGeneral Internal Medicine
Three per cent of patients continuously registered in one general practice during the first 10 years of the National Health Service did not visit the doctor at all during that period. Medical and social characteristics of these people, and those who had visited recently, were studied. Broadly speaking, those who never consult their doctors appeared to be healthy.