Table of contents
- Preliminary material (211KB PDF)
- Half title and verso pages
- Title and verso pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Contents
- Executive summary
- Sections
- Overview (155KB PDF)
- Background
- The BEACH program
- Future options for national representative data collection from general practice
- Methods (216KB PDF)
- Sampling methods
- Recruitment methods
- Data elements
- Changes to data elements and reporting methods
- Supplementary Analysis of Nominated Data
- The BEACH relational database
- Statistical methods
- Classification of data
- Quality assurance
- Methodological issues
- Other BEACH applications
- The sample (178KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- The total data set, 1998-2007
- The participating GPs (199KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- The encounters (207KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- The patients (229KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Problems managed (255KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Overview of management (200KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Medications (308KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Other treatments (224KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Referrals and admissions (210KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Investigations (207KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- Practice nurse activity (186KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time
- Changes in policy and practice: type 2 diabetes and depression (195KB PDF)
- Background
- Type 2 diabetes
- Mental health
- Discussion
- Patient risk factors (221KB PDF)
- Annual results, 2006-07
- Changes over time, 1998-99 to 2006-07
- SAND abstracts and research tools (873KB PDF)
- SAND abstract 105: Measurement of severity of illness in general practice
- SAND abstract 106: Weight loss attempts and methods
- SAND abstract 107: Type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia
- SAND abstract 108: Type 2 diabetes among patients attending general practice
- SAND abstract 109: Secondary prevention of heart attack and stroke
- SAND abstract 110: Erectile dysfunction
- Overview (155KB PDF)
- End matter
- Reference list (108KB PDF)
- Glossary (154KB PDF)
- Appendices (236KB PDF) 1
- Example of a 2006-07 recording form
- GP characteristics questionnaire, 2006-07
- Appendices 3-5 (137KB PDF) 1
- Dissemination of results from the BEACH program
- Code groups from ICPC-2 and ICPC-2 PLUS
- Chronic code groups from ICPC-2 and ICPC-2 PLUS
- List of tables (115KB PDF)
- List of figures (98KB PDF)