Authors

Raghu Lingam

MBBS, FRACP, MD, Professor, Paediatric Population Health, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; Senior Staff Specialist, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW

Intervention overuse in paediatric care in Australian metropolitan general practice

The aim of this paper is to evaluate prevalence, associated GP characteristics and cost of GP-provided low-value paediatric primary care for five common paediatric conditions.


Paediatric care in general practice: Case mix, referral patterns and healthcare costs

The aim of this study was to address knowledge gaps around the case mix of general practice paediatric consultations, as well as GP referral patterns, associated factors and costs.