THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESCRIBING AND UNEMPLOYMENT AT FAMILY HEALTH-SERVICE AUTHORITY LEVEL IN ENGLAND, 1983-92

Authors
LLOYD DCEF SCRIVENER G
Citation
Dcef. Lloyd et G. Scrivener, THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESCRIBING AND UNEMPLOYMENT AT FAMILY HEALTH-SERVICE AUTHORITY LEVEL IN ENGLAND, 1983-92, Journal of epidemiology and community health, 51(4), 1997, pp. 383-385
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Journal of epidemiology and community health → ACNP
ISSN journal
0143005X
Volume
51
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
383 - 385
Database
ISI
SICI code
0143-005X(1997)51:4<383:TCRBPA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Study objective-To investigate the relationship between unemployment a nd prescribing costs over time. Design-This was a longitudinal study, Setting-All 90 family health service authorities in England, 1983-92. Participants-All general practices in England. Main results-The streng th of the relationship varied over the period, falling to a very low v alue during the last two years of the decade. Conclusion-Unemployment rates are not suitable as a proxy for the determinants of prescribing costs.