https://hdl.handle.net/2123/7771 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:45:50 GMT 2026-06-09T07:45:50Z https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au:443/bitstream/id/d100e3b5-532b-4a68-8bf7-ae2c8078f828/general_practice_preview_cover.png https://hdl.handle.net/2123/7771 https://hdl.handle.net/2123/15514 General practice activity in Australia 2015–16 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Harrison, Christopher; Valenti, Lisa; Pan, Ying; Charles, Janice; Pollack, Allan J; Wong, Carmen; Gordon, Julie This report is the 40th and penultimate book in the General practice series from the Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health (BEACH) program. It includes results from the most recent year of the program, 2015–16. This report will be released in full on TUESDAY 30 AUGUST 2016. This report describes clinical activity at, or associated with, general practitioner (GP) encounters from April 2015 to March 2016, inclusive. It summarises results from the 18th year of the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/15514 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/15482 A decade of Australian general practice activity 2006–07 to 2015–16 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Bayram, Clare; Henderson, Joan; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Pan, Ying; Charles, Janice; Pollack, Allan J; Chambers, Timothy; Gordon, Julie; Wong, Carmen This report will be made available in full on TUESDAY 30 AUGUST 2016. This report is the 41st and last book in the General practice series from the Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health (BEACH) program. It includes summary results from the most recent 10 years of the program, from 2006–07 to 2015–16 inclusive. This report highlights changes in general practice activity over the most recent decade (April 2006 to March 2016) measured by the University of Sydney’s BEACH program, a continuous study of general practice activity in Australia. The report highlights changes over the decade in the characteristics of GPs and the patients they see, the problems managed, and the treatments provided. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/15482 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13974 A decade of Australian general practice activity 2005–06 to 2014–15 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Pan, Ying; Wong, Carmen; Charles, Janice; Gordon, Julie; Pollack, Allan J; Chambers, Timothy; Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney This report is the 39th book in the General practice series from the Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health (BEACH) program. It includes summary results from the most recent 10 years of the program, from 2005–06 to 2014–15 inclusive. This report highlights changes in general practice activity over the most recent decade (April 2005 to March 2015) measured by the University of Sydney’s BEACH program, a continuous study of general practice activity in Australia. Over this time, 9,773 general practitioners (GPs) provided details of 977,300 GP–patient encounters. The report highlights changes over the decade in the characteristics of GPs and the patients they see, the problems managed, and the treatments provided. Changes in prevalence of measured risk factors (overweight, obesity, smoking and at-risk alcohol use) are described for subsamples of more than 30,000 adult patients each year. Changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over the decade are also described for annual subsamples of more than 2,500 children aged 2–17 years Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13974 2015-11-04T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13765 General practice activity in Australia 2014–15 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Harrison, Christopher; Valenti, Lisa; Wong, Carmen; Gordon, Julie; Pollack, Allan J; Pan, Ying; Charles, Janice This is the 17th annual report and the 38th book in the General Practice Series from the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia. This book provides a summary of results from the 17th year of the University of Sydney’s BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia. From April 2014 to March 2015, 995 general practitioners (GPs) recorded details of 99,500 GP–patient encounters, at which patients presented 151,636 reasons for encounter and 153,133 problems were managed. For an ‘average’ 100 problems managed, GPs recorded 66 medications (including 55 prescribed, 5 supplied to the patient and 6 advised for over-the-counter purchase), 11 procedures, 22 clinical treatments (advice and counselling), 6 referrals to specialists and 3 to allied health services, 30 orders for pathology tests and 7 for imaging tests. A subsample study of measured risk factors in more than 31,000 patients suggests that in the adult (18 years and over) population who attended general practice at least once in 2014–15 the prevalence of obesity was 27%, overweight was 34%, daily smoking was 17%, and at-risk alcohol consumption was 26%. One in four people in the attending population had at least two of these risk factors. This book also contains a feature chapter examining changes in the care of older people (aged 65 years or more) in general practice over the 15 years 2000–01 to 2014–15. Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/13765 2015-11-04T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/11883 A decade of Australian general practice activity 2004–05 to 2013–14 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Pan, Ying; Wong, Carmen; Charles, Janice; Chambers, Timothy; Gordon, J; Pollack, Allan J Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/11883 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/11882 General Practice Activity in Australia 2013–14 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Harrison, Christopher; Valenti, Lisa; Wong, Carmen; Gordon, J; Pollack, Allan J; Pan, Ying; Charles, Janice Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/11882 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/10610 Evaluation of imaging ordering by general practitioners in Australia, 2002–03 to 2011–12 Britt, Helena; Miller, GC; Valenti, L; Henderson, Joan; Gordon, J; Pollack, AJ; Bayram, Clare; Wong, C Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/10610 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/9366 A decade of Australian general practice activity 2003–04 to 2012–13 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Charles, Janice; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Bayram, Clare; Chambers, Timothy; Zhang, Carmen; Pan, Ying; O'Halloran, Julie; Pollack, Allan J This work will be available November. 2013 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/9366 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/9365 General practice activity in Australia 2012-13 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Charles, Janice; Pan, Ying; Zhang, Carmen; Pollack, Allan J; O'Halloran, Julie This work will be available in November. 2013 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/9365 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/8675 General practice activity in Australia 2011–12 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Henderson, Joan; Charles, Janice; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Bayram, Clare; Zhang, Carmen; Pollack, Allan J; O'Halloran, Julie; Pan, Ying This work will be available on 27 November, 2012 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/8675 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/8676 A decade of Australian general practice activity 2002–03 to 2011–12 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Charles, Janice; Henderson, Joan; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Zhang, Carmen; Chambers, Timothy; Pollack, Allan J; Bayram, Clare; Pan, Ying; O'Halloran, Julie This work will be available on 27 November. 2012 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/8676 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/7773 A decade of Australian general practice activity 2001–02 to 2010–11 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Charles, Janice; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Pan, Ying; Gordon, Julie; Zhang, Carmen; Chambers, Timothy; Fahridin, Salma This book brings 10 years of data together from the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, to identify changes that have occurred over the decade 2001–02 to 2010–11 in the characteristics of GPs and the patients they see, the problems they manage and the treatments they provide. BEACH is a continuous cross-sectional national study that began in April 1998. Every year each of about 1,000 randomly selected GPs records details of 100 consecutive encounters on structured paper recording forms, and provides information about themselves and their practice. BEACH is the only continuous randomised study of general practice activity in the world, and the only national program that provides direct linkage of management (such as prescriptions, referrals, investigations) to the problem under management. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/7773 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/7772 General practice activity in Australia 2010-11 Britt, Helena; Miller, Graeme C; Charles, Jan; Henderson, Joan; Bayram, Clare; Valenti, Lisa; Harrison, Christopher; Pan, Ying; Zhang, Carmen; Fahridin, Salma; O'Halloran, Julie Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/2123/7772 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z