Use of diagnostic imaging in Australian general practice

Aust Fam Physician. 2006 May;35(5):280-1.

Abstract

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of diagnostic imaging ordered by Australian general practitioners. This provides a backdrop against which the theme articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Australia
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic Imaging / statistics & numerical data*
  • Family Practice / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography / statistics & numerical data
  • Radionuclide Imaging / statistics & numerical data
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / statistics & numerical data
  • Ultrasonography / statistics & numerical data