General practice activity in Australia 1998-99

1. Aims

1. Development of the BEACH methods
2. BEACH methods

1. Results of recruitment
2. The participating GPs
3. Comparison between participating and non-participating GPs

1. Comparison of BEACH GPs with the national GP population
2. Comparison of BEACH consultations with all GP consultations in Australia
3. Sample weights
4. The weighted dataset

1. Overview of the dataset
2. Encounter type

1. Patient characteristics
2. Patient reasons for encounter

1. All problems
2. New problems
3. The inter-relationship of a problem managed with other variables.
   Example: Depression

1. Overview of management
2. Patterns of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment

1. Source of medications
2. The inter-relationship of a medication with other variables.
   Example: Cephalosporins
3. Prescribed drugs
4. Advised drugs for over the counter purchase
5. General practitioner supplied drugs

1. Clinical treatments
2. Procedural treatments

1. Number of referrals and admissions
2. Age-sex specific rates of referrals
3. Most frequent referrals
4. Problems that were referred
5. The inter-relationship of referrals with other variables

1. Pathology ordering
2. Imaging ordering

1. Characteristics of participating GPs
2. Distribution of services
3. Age and sex of patient
4. Comparison of problems managed
5. Comparison of medications prescribed
6. Conclusion

Selected topics (458K PDF)

1. Encounters with Indigenous people
2. Indirect encounters
3. The gender of the GP
4. State/Territory data based on patient residence

1. Access to the BEACH data