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Pregnancy is commonly managed in general practice.1 In contrast to the UK, Canada and New Zealand, where general practitioner (GP) involvement in pregnancy care has decreased, GPs in Australia...

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...

There is little published information about the prevalence, demographics and impairment of patients who report chronic neuropathic pain at encounters in Australian general practice. Most national...

There is little published information about the prevalence, demographics and impairment of patients who report chronic neuropathic pain at encounters in Australian general practice. Most national...

Chest X-rays are the most frequently ordered imaging test in Australian general practice. They accounted for 8.3% of all imaging tests ordered by general practitioners (GPs) in 2013–14 at a rate of...

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...

Physiotherapists are the fifth largest health workforce group in Australia. In 2014, there were 11,608 full-time equivalent physiotherapists working in private practice.1,2 In Australia...

When compared with the BEACH average, patients seen at work related encounters were more likely to be male (54.8% vs 39.1%) than female (44.3% vs 60.9%). The age distribution of patients at work...