Table of contents
- Preliminary material (123K PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- Sections
- Introduction (57K PDF)
- Aims
- Methods (145K PDF)
- Sampling methods
- Recruitment methods
- Data elements
- The BEACH relational database
- Statistical methods
- Classification of data
- Quality assurance
- Validity and reliability
- The general practitioners (157K PDF)
- Results of recruitment
- The participating GPs
- Comparison of participating and non-participating GPs
- Discussion
- Trends in characteristics of the GPs 1998-2002
- Representativeness (140K PDF)
- Comparison of BEACH GPs with GP population
- Sample weights
- Comparison of BEACH consultations with all GP consultations in Australia
- The weighted data set
- The encounters (130K PDF)
- Overview of the data set
- Encounter type
- Significant changes from 1998-99 to 2001-02
- The patients (285K PDF)
- Patient characteristics
- Patient reasons for encounter
- Significant changes over the years 1998-99 to 2001-02
- Problems managed (159K PDF)
- Number of problems managed at encounter
- Nature of morbidity
- Significant changes from 1998-99 to 2001-02
- Overview of management (179K PDF)
- Significant changes from 1998-99 to 2001-02
- Medications (333K PDF)
- Source of medications
- Prescribed medications
- Medications advised for over-the-counter purchase
- Medications supplied by general practitioners
- Non-pharmacological management (158K PDF)
- Clinical treatments
- Procedural treatments
- Referrals and admissions (147K PDF)
- Number of referrals and admissions
- Most frequent referrals
- Problems that were referred
- Investigations (161K PDF)
- Pathology ordering
- Imaging ordering
- Patient risk factors (214K PDF)
- Background
- Methods
- Body mass index
- Smoking
- Alcohol use
- Risk behaviour profile of adult patients
- Changes in patient health risk behaviours since 1998-99
- Changes over time for problem, medication and treatment rates (50K PDF)
- Method
- Changes in annual management rates of problems between 1998-99 and 2001-02
- Changes in medication rates between 1998-99 and 2001-02
- Changes in other treatments between 1998-99 and 2001-02
- Selected topics - changes over time (399K PDF)
- Method
- Anti-depressant medications and the management of psychological problems over time
- Lipid-lowering agents and management of lipid disorders over time
- Asthma inhalant medications and the management of asthma problems over time
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the management of arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems
- Antibiotics and the management of acute upper respiratory tract infection
- Encounters with Indigenous people (202K PDF)
- Number of encounters
- The general practitioners
- Patient characteristics
- Characteristics of the encounters
- Morbidity and management
- Patient reasons for encounter
- Morbidity managed
- Discussion
- Discussion (90K PDF)
- Overview of results
- Methodological issues
- Comparing BEACH data with those from other sources
- Conclusion (85K PDF)
- Current status of BEACH
- Access to BEACH data
- Introduction (57K PDF)
- End matter (reference list, glossary and abbreviations) (65K PDF)
- Reference list
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- End matter (appendixes)