Analysing spatial trends in referral patterns to cancer genetics services: a preliminary investigation of regional variations in Wales

McDonald, K., Higgs, G., Iredale, R., Tempest, Vanessa and Gray, J. 2004. Analysing spatial trends in referral patterns to cancer genetics services: a preliminary investigation of regional variations in Wales. Health Services Management Research 17 (4) , pp. 263-271. 10.1258/0951484042317732

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Abstract

This paper discusses spatial trends in referral patterns to a cancer genetics service. It presents a literature review outlining the paucity of existing research, a preliminary analysis at the Unitary Authority level in Wales and advances a programme of further research to be conducted at a more detailed spatial level. The preliminary analysis shows a weak negative relationship between referral rates from primary care and social deprivation by Unitary Authority (Spearman rank correlation coefficient, σ = -0.38). There is also a weak positive relationship between average settlement size and referral rates (σ = +0.28), which taken together may indicate that primary care practices in affluent urban areas are more likely to refer than those in poorer rural areas. Future research will be conducted at a finer spatial scale, and will take into account characteristics of primary care practices and the patients being referred, amongst other variables.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
ISSN:	0951-4848
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 23:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/69501

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