title: Skin excisions in Australian general practice.
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.
authors.affiliation: AIHW Australian GP Statistics & Classification Centre, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Britt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001706:Biopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009506:Nevus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local