Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Half title page and verso
- Title page and verso
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Sections
- Introduction
- Aims
- Methods
- The BEACH program
- Statistical methods
- The study of sex-specific encounters
- The general practitioners
- Results of recruitment
- GP characteristics
- Comparison between participating and non-participating GP's
- The encounters
- Distribution of services by patient sex
- Summary of morbidity and management by patient sex
- The patients
- Patient characteristics by patient sex
- Proportion of Australian population attending GP's.
- Patient reasons for encounter by patient sex
- Problems managed
- Number of problems managed at encounter by patient sex
- Problems managed by ICPC-2 chapter and patient sex
- Most frequent problems managed by patient sex
- Multiple logistic regression analyses
- Medications
- Rates of medications prescribed (in groups and subgroups) by patient sex
- Most frequently prescribed generic medications by patient sex
- Other (non-pharmacological) treatments
- Clinical treatments by patient sex
- Procedural treatments by patient sex
- Referrals to specialists and allied health professionals
- Investigations
- Pathology ordering by patient sex
- Imaging orders by patient sex
- Morbidity managed in specific male age groups
- Male patients aged 15-24 years
- Male patients aged 25-34 years
- Male patients aged 35-44 years
- Male patients aged 45-54 years
- Male patients aged 55-64 years
- Male patients aged 65-74 years
- Male patients aged 75+ years
- Overview of problems managed across age groups
- Patient wellbeing and risk factors
- Patient-assessed wellbeing by patient sex
- Patient body mass by patient sex
- Patient smoking status by patient sex
- Patient-reported alcohol consumption by patient sex
- Work-related problems managed at male encounters
- Characteristics of male patients with work-related problems managed
- Most common work-related problems managed for male patients
- Discussion
- Methodological issues
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- End matter
- Reference list
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Appendixes
- Example of a recording form
- GP characteristics questionnaire
- Reasons for encounter and problems managed - code groups from ICPC-2 and ICPC-2 PLUS
- Clinical treatment - code groups from ICPC-2 PLUS
- Procedural treatment code groups from ICPC-2 PLUS