Demographic and socioeconomic patterns in healthcare-seeking behaviour for respiratory symptoms in England: a comparison with non-respiratory symptoms and between three healthcare services.
Kirsty E MorrisonFelipe J Colón-GonzálezRoger Antony MorbeyPaul R HunterJudith RutterGareth StuttardJeremy van VlymenAlex YeatesRichard G PebodyGillian E SmithAlex J ElliotIain R LakePublished in: BMJ open (2020)
When contacts to services that capture more of the disease burden are explored, the demographic patterns are similar to those described in the literature for acute systems. Comparable results were observed between respiratory and non-respiratory contacts suggesting that when a wider spectrum of disease is explored, sociodemographic factors may be the strongest influencers of healthcare-seeking behaviour.