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MethodWe analysed GP encounters with children aged <15 years that were collected in the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program from April 2000 to March 2003 and April 2012...

Male patients were three times more likely than female patients, and patients aged ≥45 years were seven times more likely than younger patients to have cardiomyopathy managed (Figure 1). The most...

Alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in Australia. According to the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS), about four out of five Australians aged ≥14 years consumed...

Chronic conditions managed in general practice were defined according to the work of O’Halloran et al.2 Between April 2011 and March 2012 there were 98 400 encounters recorded in the BEACH...

A rapid rise in the treatment of chronic wounds in the United States has been linked to an ageing population and an increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity.1 In Australia, we also have an...

Patients with schizophrenia tend to present with physical complaints at a later, more serious stage. They also have a significantly higher incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary heart...

Each year on average in the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, GH has been managed at 6.7 per 100 000 recorded general practice encounters (about 670 times a year...

This article is a descriptive comparison of recognised GPs who work in teaching practices with those who work in nonteaching practices. We look at GP and practice characteristics and at some...

We analysed 2123 encounters with infants aged less than 4 months – recorded between January 2010 and December 2011 – for RFE, problems managed and type of management provided. About 1% of BEACH...

Asthma is among the most commonly managed chronic problems in general practice.1 About 2.3 million Australians (10.2%) had asthma in 2011–12, a significantly lower prevalence than in 2001 (11.6%).2...

BackgroundService in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) can be physically and mentally demanding. A report on the mental health of current serving personnel found they had a similar prevalence of...

Basal cell carcinomas made up the majority (56.8%) of NMSC problems managed: squamous cell carcinoma accounted for onethird, and skin carcinomas unspecified made up about 10% of these conditions...

From April 2010 to March 2011 in BEACH, osteoporosis was managed at a rate of 6 per 1000 general practice encounters, suggesting an average 708 000 osteoporosis patient-doctor encounters per year...

In this article we report changes in the GP management rate of psychological problems at encounters with patients aged 6–11 years (inclusive), annually over 13 years (April 2000–March 2013). These...

More than 500 000 encounters were recorded in BEACH over the study period and 12 380 of those encounters were with patients who had a repatriation health card. Half of these veterans (50.2%) were...

From 2003–04 to 2011–12 in the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, information was collected on 879 400 encounters from 8794 GPs. At least one psychological problem was...

In both time periods, male and female patients were referred at similar rates. In 2008–11, adult patients were significantly more likely to be referred to A&E than in 2003–07. While...

In both time periods, male and female patients were referred at similar rates. In 2008–11, adult patients were significantly more likely to be referred to A&E than in 2003–07. While A&E...

Rheumatoid arthritis was managed 716 times in the two-year period, at four in every 1000 encounters, and made up 0.2% of all problems managed. About three-quarters of patients (77.5%) at RA...

From April 2012 to March 2013, general practitioner (GP) BEACH participants recorded the current smoking status of 32,276 patients aged ≥18 years. Over half of the patients had never smoked and one...

IntroductionType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) occurs when there is an inadequate secretion of insulin in response to varying degrees of overnutrition, inactivity, consequential overweight or obesity,...