Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in primary care: Table 1

Abstract

The size of the differences we observed was surprising and, along with the inverse relation we have described between quality of service provision and practice catchment area, suggests that the time may have come to re-examine the geographical distribution of general medi- cal practices.Optimal practice list size has not yet been defined, although larger practice lists have been suggested to be disadvantageous to patients.'7Larger practice catchment areas may also be associated with disadvantages to patient care, and further research is needed into this neglected but important area of health care planning.We thank all the practices who participated in this study and Ashley Cohen, Peter Holland, and John Sandhu of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Family Health Services Authority for their help in providing data.