title: Management of infertility in Australian general practice.
abstract: The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an analysis of the management of infertility between April 1998 and March 2004. Subfertility, which accounts for about 10% of the diagnoses analysed here, is included in the label 'infertility'. Because management rates and methods differ markedly between male and female patients, each gender is analysed separately. This provides a backdrop against which relevant articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.
authors.affiliation: AIHW General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit, University of Sydney, New South Wales. janc@fmrc.med.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Britt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors