Opportunities for Research in General Practice

Research in General Practice

IN this age of specialisation, if General Practice is to survive as a subject and not to disintegrate and fragment as successive parts are swallowed up by the increasing numbers of specialities, whose fields become narrower and narrower, then it must establish itself on three foundations. That is to say-(a) the practice of good and better general practice; (b) the academic teaching of general p...

Prioritising general practice research.

1 GAbout 85% of the Australian population claim at least one general practice service from Medicare per year. Over 137 million such consultations were delivered by 33 279 general practitioners in 2014e15. In 2011e12, PHC spending was $50.6 billion (36.1% of total health expenditure), with $28.6 billion spent on predominantly general practice-based medical services and medications. Multiple stud...

General practice research.

Ageing Britain--challenges and opportunities for general practice.

British Journal of General Practice, January 2001 5 Ageing Britain — challenges and opportunities for general practice THERE is a greater number of older people in the population than ever before; this is expected to increase so that by the year 2040 one-quarter of the total population will be over 65 years of age and the number of black and minority ethnic older people will have increased tenf...

The local problem in general-practice research.