Abstract
A study using Hospital Activity Analysis (H.A.A.) data, interviews with general practitioners, and a postal survey of a sample of patients, was undertaken to describe and explain the pattern of hospital use exhibited by the residents of a town in Leicestershire. The enthusiasm expressed for the local community hospital and the levels of use made of both the hospitals of a nearby town in a neighbouring health authority and the main hospitals within the town's own authority was explained by the fact that to a large extent, hospital use was found to be determined by considerations of social geography, the non-clinical needs of the patient and the professional needs of the general practitioner.
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