A Decade of Australian General Practice Activity 2001-02 to 2010-11

General Practice Series No. 30

Helena Britt, Graeme C. Miller, Janice Charles, Joan Henderson, Clare Bayram, Lisa Valenti, Christopher Harrison, Ying Pan, Julie Gordon, Carmen Zhang, Timothy Chambers, and Salma Fahridin

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Format: paperback
164 pages
ISBN: 9781920899875

Publication: 22 Nov 2011
Series: General Practice Series 30
Publisher: 宅男导航

This report highlights changes in general practice activity in Australia over the decade from April 2001 to March 2011 of the BEACH program, a national cross-sectional study of general practice activity. Over this time 9,801 participating GPs provided details of 981,000 GP鈥損atient encounters. The report highlights changes that have occurred in the characteristics of general practitioners and the patients they see, the problems managed and the treatments provided. Changes in prevalence of overweight and obesity, smoking status and alcohol use are also described for sub-samples of more than 30,000 adults and 3,000 children each year.

This report is a companion to the annual report General Practice Activity in Australia 2010鈥�11.

Carmen Zhang is a research officer at the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Christopher Harrison is a senior research analyst for the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Clare Bayram is a research fellow at the Family Medical Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航, and project manager of the BEACH program.

Graeme Miller is an associate professor and Medical Director of the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Helena Britt is a professor of primary care research at the University of 宅男导航.

Janice Charles is a senior research officer at the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Joan Henderson is the Deputy Director of the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Julie Gordon (n茅e O'Halloran) is a research fellow at the Family Medical Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Lisa Valenti is a senior research analyst for the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Salma Fahridin is a clinical data coordinator at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Timothy Chambers is the IT Manager for the Family Medical Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

Ying Pan is a senior research analyst for the Family Medical Research Centre at the University of 宅男导航.

List of tables
List of figures
Summary

1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. The samples
4. The participating GPs
5. The encounters
6. The patients
7. Problems managed
8. Overview of management
9. Medications
10. Other treatments
11. Referrals and admissions
12. Investigations
13. Practice nurse activity

14. Patient risk factors

References

Abbreviations

Symbols

Glossary

Appendix 1: example of a 2010鈥�11 recording form

Appendix 2: GP characteristics questionnaire, 2010鈥�11

Appendix 3: patient information card, 2010鈥�11

Appendix 4: code groups from ICPC-2 and ICPC-2 PLUS

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