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released: 24 Aug 2001 author: Britt H, Miller GC & Knox S media release

Reports the imaging ordered by general practitioners in Australia, as represented by a random sample of 1,047 GPs participating in the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program over a one-year period in 1999-00. Information about more than 100,000 GP-patient encounters was available for analysis.The report provides new insight into the relationship between GP characteristics, their ordering behaviour, the patients and the problems under investigation. It demonstrates that while in the majority GPs ordering follows the available guidelines, improvement in GP test selection and in the guidelines themselves would be desirable in some areas.

ISSN 1442 3022; ISBN 978 1 74024 126 7; Cat. no. GEP 7; 163pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Imaging orders by general practitioners in Australia 1999-00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (113K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Foreword
    • Contents
    • List of tables and figures
    • Summary (separate 54K PDF)
    • Acknowledgements
  • Sections
    1. Background (45K PDF)
    2. Methods (66K PDF)
    3. The BEACH database 1999-00 (51K PDF)
    4. Overview of imaging orders by general practitioners (116K PDF)
    5. Characteristics of imaging encounters and patients (64K PDF)
    6. Types of imaging tests ordered by general practitioners (60K PDF)
    7. Problems managed with imaging test orders (62K PDF)
    8. Analysis of selected test types (127K PDF)
    9. Analysis of imaging orders for selected problems (142K PDF)
    10. Discussion (53K PDF)
    11. Conclusion (25K PDF)
    12. Current status of BEACH and access to data (31K PDF)
  • End matter
    • Bibliography (81K PDF)
    • Glossary
    • Abbreviations
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Example of a BEACH encounter recording form 1999-00 (88K PDF)
      • Appendix 2: GP profile questionnaire 1999-00 (63K PDF)
      • Appendix 3: Australian MBS Imaging groups plus their ICPC-2 PLUS codes and terms (27K PDF)
      • Appendix 4: Problem/problem groups labels and the ICPC-2 PLUS codes and terms (25K PDF)

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Britt H, Miller GC & Knox S 2001. Imaging orders by general practitioners in Australia 1999-00. General Practice Series 7. Cat. no. GEP 7. Canberra: AIHW.