Musgrove J P, Waghorne M S
N Z Med J. 1977 Apr 27;85(586):320-3.
The results of a postal questionnaire to 185 general practitioners in the Canterbury-Westland agea are discussed. The intention was to describe the after hours provision for patients made by general practitioners. The study indicates that about one half of doctors are on call on weekdays evenings and about a third on weekends. Only a handful of doctors provide no cover. The kind of cover provided is discussed and the patient load during such hours is analysed. Figures are presented which suggest that Canterbury practitioners are marginally younger than the national average; that most doctors (100 out of 106 responding) have formal cover arrangements; that 82% are on duty no more than one weekend a month (less often for group practitioners); that about two-thirds have a regular half-day free during the week; that about two-thirds of after hours call are judged to be justified.
本文讨论了一项针对坎特伯雷 - 韦斯特兰地区185名全科医生的邮政问卷调查结果。目的是描述全科医生为患者提供的非工作时间服务情况。研究表明，约一半的医生在工作日晚上随时待命，约三分之一的医生在周末随时待命。只有少数医生不提供值班服务。文中讨论了所提供的值班服务类型，并分析了这些时间段的患者负担。给出的数据表明，坎特伯雷地区的从业者比全国平均年龄略小；大多数医生（106名回复者中有100名）有正式的值班安排；82%的医生每月值班不超过一个周末（团体执业医生值班频率更低）；约三分之二的医生在一周内有固定的半天空闲时间；约三分之二的非工作时间来电被认为是合理的。
