{"product_id":"9781743323779","title":"General Practice Activity in Australia 2012-13","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book provides a summary of results from the 15th year of the BEACH program, a continuing national study of general practice activity in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom April 2012 to March 2013, 978 general practitioners recorded details about 97,800 GP-patient encounters, at which patients presented 152,278 reasons for encounter and 152,517 problems were managed. For an 'average' 100 problems managed, GPs recorded: 66 medications (including 54 prescribed, six supplied to the patient and six advised for over-the-counter purchase); 11 procedures; 24 clinical treatments (advice and counselling); six referrals to specialists and three to allied health services; orders for 30 pathology tests and seven imaging tests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA subsample study of more than 31,000 patients suggests prevalence of the following measured risk factors in the attending adult (18 years and over) patient population: obesity - 26 per cent; overweight - 34 per cent; daily smoking - 17 per cent; at-risk alcohol consumption - 27 per cent. One in four people in the attending population had at least two of these risk factors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion publication, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/purl.library.usyd.edu.au\/sup\/9781743323793\"\u003eA Decade of Australian General Practice Activity 2003-04 to 2012-13\u003c\/a\u003e is also available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sydney University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48059038236860,"sku":"9781743323779","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2667\/8266\/files\/51795_jpg_rgb_original.jpg?v=1790130661","url":"https:\/\/sydneyuniversitypress.com\/products\/9781743323779","provider":"Sydney University Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}