Stream Thirteen
Drivers of Successful Primary Health Care
Seven research projects were commissioned under Stream 13 to systematically identify, review and synthesise knowledge about the drivers of successful primary health care service delivery in Australia and develop practical policy options fit for use in the Australian context. The stream focused on drivers in a clinical environment (encompassing all clinical primary care, including nursing, dental care, allied health and medical care).
Topic One: Quality of primary health care
Improving quality through clinical governance in primary health care
Dr Christine Phillips, Senior Lecturer, The Australian National University Medical School
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Financial incentives and the quality of primary health care in Australia
Professor Anthony Scott, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Topic Two: Access to primary health care
Optimising access to best practice primary health care: a systematic review
Dr Elizabeth Comino, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research, and Evaluation, Liverpool Hospital
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Topic Three: Linkages and collaboration in the provision of primary health care
Systematic review on service linkages in primary mental health care: Informing Australian policy and practice
Associate Professor Jeffrey Fuller, Acting Director, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health
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Narrative literature review on incentives for primary health care team service provision: learning and working together in primary health care
Dr Lucio Naccarella, Senior Research Fellow, The Australian Health Workforce Institute
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Topic Four: Knowledgeable, skilled and motivated patients
Effective determinants for supporting lifestyle health literacy and self management skills in primary care
Professor Mark Harris, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales
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Advancing health literacy through primary health care systems
Professor Robert Bush, Director, Healthy Communities Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, The
University of Queensland
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