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• CO-ORDINATION OF CARE WITHIN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND WITH OTHER SECTORS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW 1 Page led by Powell Davies G
  
  As the population ages and the rate of chronic disease increases, more people are receiving complex regimes of care, from a variety of health care providers. This care must be well coordinated if people with complex needs are to receive care that is comprehensive and continuous and if they are to take an active role in their care. The need to coordinate care is one of the drivers for health service integration.
  
  

  • Key Findings/Policy options (4 pages)
  • Full Systematic Review

  Gawaine Powell Davies was the recipient of an APHCRI Linkage and Exchange Travelling Fellowship. Summary report.
  
  

  INTEGRATION, CO-ORDINATION AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN PRIMARY CARE: A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF THE LITERATURE 1 Page led by Currow D
  
  Australia’s population is ageing and there is an increasing burden of chronic disease putting pressure on the health system. These challenges have raised the interest and awareness of primary health care models of care, like the use of integrated, co-ordinated multidisciplinary team approaches. This review looked at the existence and effectiveness of these models in primary health care settings.
  
  

  • Key Findings/Policy options (3 pages)
  • Full Systematic Review
  
  
  INTEGRATION, CO-ORDINATION AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE IN AUSTRALIA: GROWTH VIA OPTIMAL GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS 1 Page led by Jackson C
  
  Australian governments, communities and health professionals are looking at new ways to deliver high quality health care services, as traditional, fragmented models struggle to deliver appropriate, accessible care in the current environment.
  The Council of Australian Governments and Commonwealth mental health initiatives will require interjurisdictional relationships that have not existed before. To sustain these reforms effective and integrated governance will be key.
  
  
  • Key Findings/Policy options (3 pages)
  • Full Systematic Review

  
  A NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS OF MODELS OF INTEGRATED CARE CENTRES/POLYCLINICS
   
  Powell Davies G, McDonald J and Jeon YH
   
  This project was conducted with funding under Stream 16 (Rapid Response Projects). The research team investigated to what extent integrated primary health care centres/polyclinics operate internationally, how successful they are and whether such models could be applied in Australia. Associate Professor Gawaine Powell-Davies led a Stream Four project team examining strategies used to coordinate care for people with complex care needs within primary health care and in coordination with other sectors, and Julie McDonald led a Stream Four team investigating models of comprehensive primary health care. Professor Powell-Davies and McDonald were also recipients of travelling fellowships under Stream Seven. Professor Powell-Davies travelled to the Netherlands, where he spent time at the University of Utrecht comparing Australian national policies and programs supporting coordination of care with those used in the Netherlands, with a view to understanding what Australia can learn from the Dutch experience of coordination of care and in linkage and exchange in this area. McDonald travelled to Canada to investigate primary health care reforms.

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