General Practice Activity in Australia 2010-11 - General Practice Series No. 29 (Paperback)

The book provides a summary of results from the 13th year of the BEACH program, a continuing national study of general practice activity in Australia. From April 2010 to March 2011, 958 general practitioners recorded details about 95,800 GP-patient encounters, at which patients presented 149,005 reasons for encounter and 146,141 problems were managed. For an 'average' 100 problems managed, GPs recorded: 69 medications (including 56 prescribed, seven supplied to the patient and six advised for over-the-counter purchase); 11 procedures; 23 clinical treatments (advice and counselling); six referrals to specialists and three to allied health services; orders for 30 pathology tests and six imaging tests. A subsample study of more than 31,000 patients suggests prevalence of measured risk factors in the attending adult (18 years and over) patient population were: obese - 27 per cent; overweight - 35 per cent; daily smoking - 15 per cent; at-risk alcohol consumption - 25 per cent. One in five people in the attending population had at least two of these risk factors. A companion publication, A Decade of Australian General Practice Activity 2001-02 to 2010-11 is also available.

General

Imprint:	Sydney University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Series:	General Practice Series, 29
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	2012
Authors:	Helena Britt • Graeme C. Miller • Janice Charles
Contributors:	Joan Henderson • Clare Bayram
Dimensions:	297 x 210mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - A4
Pages:	169
ISBN-13:	978-1-920899-86-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General practice Promotions
LSN:	1-920899-86-3
Barcode:	9781920899868

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