Name

The ACT Division of General Practice Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program, a continuous national study of general practice activity, has released baseline information for Divisions and GPs dealing with quality use of medicines.

Summary reports of BEACH encounter data relating to pharmacological management of peptic ulcers, the prescribing of lipid lowering medications and the prescribing of antibiotics for April 2001 to March 2002 are now available.

The following summary reports have been made avaliable in response to activity under the Enhanced Divisional Quality Use of Medicines (EDQUM) program.

Number of Member GPs

Peptic ulcers in general practice 2001-02 Division Number(PDF, 254KB, 17 pages) Proton pump inhibitors in general practice 2001-02222 (PDF, 222KB, 11 pages) Drugs for PU & GORD in general practice 2001-02 (PDF, 133KB, 11 pages) Statins in general practice 2001-02 Classification(PDF, 260KB, 12 pages) Serum lipid reducing agents 2001-02Urban (PDF, 128KB, 11 pages) Antibiotics in general practice 2001-02 (PDF, 274KB, 11 pages)

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The BEACH reports are encounter based so they provide data on workload and activity rather than on patients or populations. The production of these reports has been sponsored by the Department of Health and Ageing.

The following Abstracts report smaller BEACH sub-studies, investigating prevalence and current management of selected problems in general practice patients and relate to the above EDQUM topics.

State

Australian Capital Territory

SAND Abstract No. 18: Drugs for the treatment of peptic ulcer and refluxYear Established SAND Abstract No. 24: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) in general practice patients1992 SAND Abstract No. 34: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) SAND Abstract No. 15: Lipid lowering medicationsNumber of Member Practices SAND Abstract No. 20: Screening and management of blood cholesterol122 SAND Abstract No. 30: Lipid lowering medications and coronary heart disease SAND Abstract No. 33: Prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors SAND Abstract No. 50: Risk factors in patients on lipid lowering medications.

 

 

 

 

 

Postcodes Covered 2600, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606, 2607, 2608, 2609, 2611, 2612, 2614, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2900, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2907, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914 Population

BEACH is a program of the General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit (GPSCU), a collaborating Unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the University of Sydney (Family Medicine Research Centre).

Connect to the FMRC web site for the above reports and Abstracts.344,143 (2001 Census) http://www.fmrc.org.au/divisions/

 Area Covered

 Australian Capital Territory, and surrounding NSW areas

 

 CEO

 Mr Richard Bialkowski