Journal of public health medicine
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J Public Health Med · Mar 1995
Does routine child health surveillance reach children most at risk of accidental injury?
There is currently an increasing emphasis on accident prevention as part of routine child health surveillance, which unlike opportunistic accident prevention has the potential to reach the whole population. However, non-attenders at routine child health surveillance may also be children at higher risk of accidental injury, as there is some evidence that non-attenders may be more likely to live in socio-economic disadvantage, which is a risk factor for accidental injury. ⋯ These findings suggest that non-attenders at routine child health surveillance activities are not at an increased risk of medically attended accidental injury. They also suggest that health visitors can identify those children most at risk of accidental injury using criteria for classifying priorities in caseloads.
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J Public Health Med · Mar 1995
Access to elective surgery at electoral ward level: the impact of the private sector.
Purchasers of health care receive no routine information on the use of the private health sector by their residents, and are consequently unaware of any resulting differentials in access to health services. This information would assist in assessing need for services on a locality basis. ⋯ The private sector did not introduce any inequity of access to surgery within Preston at electoral ward level. However, in districts with higher levels of private sector activity significant differentials in access may exist.