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Conditions
Brief summary
Brief description of the study purpose This study aims to understand how Australian men use general practice (GP) healthcare over time, including how often they return for follow up visits and how many stop attending care after an initial visit. Who is it for? Males or females aged 16 years or older who has at least one recorded GP consultation between 2015 and 2025, with at least 12 months since their last visit, at an Australian general practices participating in the MedicineInsight program and who consented to share their medical information Study details This research uses existing, deidentified electronic health record data from MedicineInsight, a national database that collects information from consenting general practices across Australia. There is no direct involvement required from participants, as no new appointments or treatments are provided as part of this study. All information analysed has already been recorded during routine GP visits. By examining patterns of GP attendance, reasons for visits, and follow up care over time, this study aims to identify factors that help keep men engaged in healthcare. It is hoped findings from this study will support the development of better strategies to keeping men engaged in care until their health needs are met, in order to reduce preventable illness, and improve long term health outcomes for Australian men.
Interventions
This is a secondary analysis of MedicineInsight, a national general practice dataset of de-identified patient-level data managed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). MedicineInsight captures whole-of-practice electronic health record data from consenting general practices across all Australian states and Territories. The exposure of interest is engagement with Australian general practice, defined as one or more clinical encounters (consultation provided by
This is a secondary analysis of MedicineInsight, a national general practice dataset of de-identified patient-level data managed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). MedicineInsight captures whole-of-practice electronic health record data from consenting general practices across all Australian states and Territories. The exposure of interest is engagement with Australian general practice, defined as one or more clinical encounters (consultation provided by a doctor, nurse, or nurse practitioner; administrative visit types excluded) recorded in MedicineInsight between 2015 and 2025. Eligible patients: aged 16 years or older with at least one recorded clinical encounter between 2015 and 2025 and a minimum of 12 months since last recorded encounter date. Observation period: up to 10 years (2015–2025) using longitudinal linked patient-level data.
Sponsors
Movember Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Patient record held within a consenting MedicineInsight general practice 2. Aged 16 years or older at time of index encounter 3. At least one recorded clinical encounter (consultation by doctor, nurse, or nurse practitioner; not administrative) in MedicineInsight between 2015 and 2025 4. Minimum of 12 months elapsed since last recorded encounter date (to allow drop-out assessment)
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients under 16 years of age at time of index encounter 2. Patients who have opted out of MedicineInsight data collection at the practice level 3. Administrative encounter records only (e.g. non-visit, practice admin, email) with no clinical encounter 4. Records with insufficient data quality to support time-to-event analyses (to be determined by the Statistician upon data access)
Outcome results
None listed