| Description |
xvii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Series |
General practice series, 1442-3022 ; no. 5 |
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General practice series (Canberra, A.C.T.) ; no. 5
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. The general practitioners -- 4. Representatives -- 5. The encounters -- 6. The patients -- 7. Problems managed -- 8.Overview of management -- 9. Medications -- 10. Non-pharmacological management -- 11. Referrals and administration -- 12. Investigations -- 13. Patient wellbeing and risk factors -- 14. Discussion -- 15. Conclusion |
| Summary |
This publication is the fifth in the General Practice Series produced by the General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit, a Collaborating Unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the University of Sydney. It reports the results of the second year of the BEACH program, April 1999 to March 2000. Data reported by 1,047 general practitioners on 104,700 GP-patient encounters are used to describe aspects of general practice in Australia: the characteristics of general practitioners; the types of services they provide; the characteristics of patients who attend general practitioners; the problems managed at the GP-patient encounters and the management techniques adopted by the GPs. Information collected by the GPs on the wellbeing, body weight to height ratio, smoking status and alcohol use of sub-samples of patients are also included |
| Analysis |
Federal issue |
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General practice |
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Health care |
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Health services |
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Statistical sources |
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Surveys |
| Notes |
"A joint report by the University of Sydney and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare" |
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"AIHW cat. no. GEP 5" |
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"December 2000" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) |
| Notes |
Also available on the Internet at: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/gep/gpaa99-00/index.html |
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and The University of Sydney 2000 |
| Subject |
Health surveys -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Medical care -- Australia -- Statistics.
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Medical practitioners (General practice) -- Australia
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Physicians (General practice) -- Australia.
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| Author |
Britt, Helena.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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University of Sydney.
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| ISSN |
1442-3022 |
| ISBN |
1740240936 |
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