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DEFINITIONS

This report examines the health service in Scotland, providing coverage of hospital services and general practitioners.

For the purposes of this report, day cases refer to when a patient is admitted, treated and discharged in the same day.

Whole time equivalent (WTE) figures are based on hours contracted for and do not reflect the hours worked. WTE is calculated by dividing the number of contracted hours by the normal hours for the group of staff.

Throughput refers to the average number of inpatient discharges treated per bed per year.

For the purposes of this report, general practitioners are segmented by type:

Unrestricted principals are practitioners who provide a full range of general medical services and whose list is not limited to any group of patients.

Restricted principals are practitioners who either provide a full range of general medical services but to a limited group of patients, or who only provide specific services (eg maternity services).

Non-principals are practitioners who are not contracted with a health board to take unsupervised responsibility for patients.

Assistants are practitioners who act as an assistant to a principal.

Associates are practitioners employed jointly by two or three single-handed isolated principals in order to allow the opportunity for regular time off and training.

GP registrars were previously known as trainees and are practitioners who are normally employed for one year to train in general practice.

A locum is a practitioner undertaking another's professional duties during the latter's absence.

All values are quoted at current prices unless otherwise specified.

Other related reports by MSI in this sector include the following:

• Health Care in Northern Ireland: May 2000
• Health Care in Wales: May 2000
• Health Care in the Republic of Ireland: May 2000
• Private Health Care: UK, March 2001
• Hospital Supplies:UK, January 1999
• Hospitals: France, February 1999
• Health Care: France, November 1999
• Health Care: Germany, October 2000

Text © 2001MSI

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