My first CASA working paper is now available. It is the result of a large amount of work I did for my upgrade from MPhil to PhD study at UCL. The topic is “Choice and the Composition of General Practice Patient Registers“. The abstract is as follows:
Choice of general practice (GP) in the National Health Service (NHS), the UKs universal healthcare service, is a core element in the current trajectory of NHS policy. This paper uses an accessibilitybased approach to investigate the pattern of patient choice that exists for GPs in the London Borough of Southwark. Using a spatial model of GP accessibility it is shown that particular population groups make non-accessibility based decisions when choosing a GP. These patterns are assessed by considering differences in the composition of GP patient registers between the current patient register, and a modelled patient register configured for optimal access to GPs. The patient population is classified in two ways for the purpose of this analysis: by geodemographic group, and by ethnicity. The paper considers choice in healthcare for intra-urban areas, focusing on the role of accessibility and equity.
The paper is accessible here.
December 8th, 2009
by Basic Equity Maps for Southwark – Volunteered Geographic Information
[...] 1km buffer still shows areas of Southwark which are unserved, particularly in the south. My recent working paper features a map which confirms that residents of these areas are less likely to use Southwark [...]