title: Management of type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice.
abstract: The BEACH program, a continuous national study of general practice activity in Australia, gives us an overview of type 2 diabetes management in Australian general practice. Terms used by the general practitioner participants included in this analysis were: type 2 diabetes, noninsulin dependent diabetes, diabetes mellitus, adult onset diabetes, and insulin treated type 2 diabetes. This provides a backdrop against which the articles in this issue of Australian Family Physician can be further considered.
authors.affiliation: AIHW Australian GP Statistics and Classification Centre, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Anthea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'