Australian Journal of General Practice
Many issues related to catheters can be safely and adequately managed in the community, resulting in timely management and increased patient satisfaction.
Home visits may change patients’ healthcare resource utilisation, including hospital admission, medications, outpatient and emergency room visits.
It is estimated that 600,000 Australians currently self-medicate with cannabis, with chronic pain a leading indication for such use.
Low use of care planning and reviews presents an opportunity for general practitioners to improve care.
The study confirms under-treatment of Australian adults at high cardiovascular disease risk and indicates potential for health gains with increased implementation of evidence-based guidelines.
This article measures access to digital health technology, uptake of digital health, digital health literacy and COVID-19 vaccination intentions in an inner-city population experiencing homelessness.
Primary healthcare, with its established principles and multisectoral approach, is an ideal mechanism to provide support and care in response to health threats.
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its resulting city lockdowns, mass quarantines and social isolation worldwide, has uniquely highlighted the importance of mental health.
There is an overwhelming focus on documentation of organisational structures and care processes, detracting from what really matters – whether the wellbeing of residents has been achieved.
A high proportion of early-career general practitioners working part time in clinical general practice has implications for workplace planning.
It is necessary to be up to date with knowledge and language about autism, as society’s understanding of autism is continuingly being refined and informed by the Autistic community.
Chronic non-cancer pain management illustrates the case for reconceptualising chronic condition management using a generic lifestyle-based approach.
Australian primary healthcare has been transitioning from episodic to continuous care of patients with diabetes.
Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in Australia, with 1.2 million people known to have type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes.
An update on the various treatment methods available today to tackle pilonidal disease.