This study examined Medicare Benefits Schedule billing patterns by consultation length to estimate overcharging or undercharging by GPs, and the cost/savings to Medicare.

While clinical guidelines recommend increasing the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives, current contraceptive use and management in Australia do not reflect these recommendations.

It is important for prescribers to regularly ask patients about their medication adherence and to discuss strategies for promoting this.

Street-based general practice services are critical to facilitate easy access to primary and secondary management of chronic multimorbid conditions in marginalised patients.

Breast symptoms are common in female and male adolescents and young adults, and most can be treated conservatively.

The past 15 years have witnessed an escalating interest in the role of the general practitioner with special interest in Australia and other countries.

Skin cancer follow-up is most effective when general practitioners establish follow-up strategies suited to the rural populations and supported by evidence-based guidelines for skins cancers.

Home visits may change patients’ healthcare resource utilisation, including hospital admission, medications, outpatient and emergency room visits.

Low use of care planning and reviews presents an opportunity for general practitioners to improve care.

An explainer on health economic concepts relevant to current general practice funding reform debates.

This article investigates skin health in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people presenting to primary care.

Medicinal cannabis is generally well tolerated, but the science related to its potential adverse effects is in its infancy.

This paper aims to equip GPs with evidence-based strategies to prevent and mitigate heat‑related illnesses.

There is concerning evidence that people with mental illness have poorer physical health and lower life expectancies than those without mental illness.

GPs do not routinely discuss sexual health with older patients, and they believe the responsibility for initiation of such discussions rests with the patients themselves.