Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1999) Bettering the evaluation and care of health: a study of general practice activity, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 June 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1999). Bettering the evaluation and care of health: a study of general practice activity. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Bettering the evaluation and care of health: a study of general practice activity. AIHW, 1999.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Bettering the evaluation and care of health: a study of general practice activity. Canberra: AIHW; 1999.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1999, Bettering the evaluation and care of health: a study of general practice activity, AIHW, Canberra.
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Describes the methods adopted in the national BEACH program and provides an overview of the results of the first six months data collection.
Each individual in a random sample of recognised GPs records details of 100 consecutive GP–patient encounters of all types (including indirect consultations which resulted in clinical action) on structured paper encounter forms. In a full-data collection year 1,000 GPs will participate and this will provide details of approximately 100,000 encounters.
Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the Human Ethics Committee of the University of Sydney and the Health Ethics Committee of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The BEACH program began on 1 April 1998. Data from the first six months have been entered, cleaned and analysed.
Preliminary material (22kB PDF): Foreword; List of tables; Acknowledgments
Appendix 1 (107kB PDF) Appendix 2 (62kB PDF) Appendix 3 (271kB PDF) Appendix 4 (392kB PDF)
End matter: Glossary and abbreviations (20kB PDF); References (7kB PDF)
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