A general practice view of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia

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Release Date: 06 Sep 2001

Topic: Heart, stroke & vascular diseases

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2001) A general practice view of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 April 2024.

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This report provides a snapshot of general practice care of cardiovascular conditions, diabetes and some related risk behaviours. It is based on the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program, a study of general practice activity in Australia, for the period April 1998 - March 1999. The data in this report represent a baseline against which future patterns in general practice can be compared and, together with other information, will help to interpret trends in cardiovascular disease incidence. These data may also be useful in the development of guidelines for general practice care of patients with cardiovascular conditions and diabetes, and will help to guide the allocation of resources to improve practice.

ISSN: 1323-9236
ISBN: 978 1 74024 133 5
Cat. no: CVD 17
Pages: 108

Findings from this report:

In 1998-1999, 11% of problems managed by GPs in the BEACH study were cardiovascular related (15,442 problems)
2,485 problems, or 2% of all problems, managed by GPs over the year period were related to diabetes
GPs managed coronary heart disease on 1,488 occasions in 1998-1999 (1.1% of all problems)
71,000 new cases of heart failure were diagnosed in general practice each year

Preliminary Material (151K PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgments
- Summary (separate 114K PDF)
Sections
- Introduction (137K PDF)
- Methods
  - Data recorded
  - Statistical analysis
  - Classification of data
  - Representativeness of the BEACH sample
  - The data set
  - Limitations of BEACH
- Heart problems (187K PDF)
  - Ischaemic heart disease
  - Heart failure
  - Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
  - Palpitations
- Cerebrovascular disease
  - Stroke
  - Transient cerebral ischaemia
- Diabetes mellitus (226K PDF)
  - Type 1 diabetes
  - Type 2 diabetes
  - Gestational diabetes
- Other related problems
  - Hypertension
  - Hypertension in pregnancy
  - Lipid disorders
  - Cardiovascular check-up
  - Overweight and obesity
  - Smoking
  - Peripheral vascular disease
End matter
- Appendixes (249K PDF)
  - Appendix 1: BEACH survey data form
  - Appendix 2: Reasons for encounter and problems managed
  - Appendix 3: Non-pharmacological treatment
  - Appendix 4: Referrals
  - Appendix 5: Pathology tests
  - Appendix 6: Imaging tests
  - Appendix 7: Coding Atlas for Pharmaceutical Substances Classification
- Abbreviations (137K PDF)
- Glossary
- References
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