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Table 1 Summary of results: the analysis of the studies in the review in relation to GP catchments

From: Catchments of general practice in different countries– a literature review

Criteria

Category

Number

Total number in the category

Percentage of total studies

What is the major theme in the article as outlined in the title?:

Literature review

4

102.

100%

Measurement as the key theme in the research study.

16.

  

Spatial access as the key theme

30.

  

The role of markets, and competition between catchments of general practice, in primary health care.

23

  

The Neighbourhood as the focus of the research inquiry.

10.

  

The role of patients choice as the focus of the study.

9

  

Studies in relation to access issues in primary health care.

6.

  

Other issues of methods and scale.

4.

  

What Spatial scales are applied in the article?

Neighbourhood.

9

75

73.5%

Region/metropolitan

36

  

Rural

10

  

State/National

10

  

Multi-scale

10

  

What Indicators and measures & data sources are used ?

Socio-economic/demographic/Ethnicity/Census data./population cohorts at regional, state, national (inc postcode data)

31

75

73.5%

 

Patient registrations./lists/retail clinics

9

  
 

Multiple/various (Including Medicare data, other health care data.

20

  

Observational studies/cohorts/surveys

5

  

Other large data sets – GP workforce data sets

10

  

What are the GIS methods, if any, applied in the paper

2 SFCA method

26

43

42.1%

Other methods of GIS (including those referenced in Table 2)

19

  

What specific Population cohorts, if any, were used in the study?

Elderly

2

32

31.4%

Ethnic groups

2

  

Rural

7

  

Immigrants.

4

  

Urban/Neighbourhoods

14

  

People with disabilities

1

  

Out of hours groups

2

  

What Access issues/Primary health care were referred to in the paper? (including non-spatial factors)

Reform/politics

14

77

75.5%

Workforce

10

  

Spatial equity/Accessibility/Access to care

20

  

Patient choice/consumers/registration

7

  

Health inequalities

12

  

Socio-organisational/Practice characteristics

7

  

Access to retail clinics

5

  

What was the country of origin of study

USA

35

102.

100%

Canada

6

  

UK

17

  
 

France

5

  

Switzerland

3

  

Germany

2

  

Singapore

3

  

Australia

11

  

New Zealand

4

  

Europe (several countries in same paper)

8

  

Not specified

8

  
  1. (Analysis by: title, abstract and key words).