Skin excisions in Australian general practice

Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Jul;35(7):474-5.

Abstract

The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of encounters where a skin excision was recorded as a procedure. This provides a backdrop against which the articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Anesthetics, Local / therapeutic use
  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Biopsy / statistics & numerical data
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Family Practice / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nevus / epidemiology
  • Nevus / pathology
  • Nevus / surgery
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Sex Distribution
  • Skin Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / surgery*
  • Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local