Developments in Australian general practice 2000–2002: what did these contribute to a well functioning and comprehensive Primary Health Care System?
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...Primary care services in Australia include general practice, State funded generalist community health services, private allied health services, pharmacies and complimentary therapists (36)....
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...Yet despite the benefits, respite care is under-utilised, even when readily accessible (AIHW 2007; Brodaty et al. 2005; Witt, Chenoweth and Jeon 2004), with carers often critical of the respite care provided (Ashworth and Baker 2000; Brody, Saperstein and Powell Lawton 1989)....
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...Again, this finding mirrors our more widely focused earlier work where carers were confused about the service providers who came into their homes (Robinson et al. 2009), which in many respects reflects the fragmentation of community service provision (Brodaty, Draper and Low 2003; Lemieux-Charles et al. 2005; Powell Davies et al. 2006)....
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...A key reason for lack of utilisation is an inability for the centre to meet the care recipient’s needs with regard to level of disability (Brody, Saperstein and Powell Lawton 1989; Cohen-Mansfield et al. 1994)....
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...Our findings of care recipients’ reluctance to accept respite are similar to those reported in the literature (Brody, Saperstein and Powell Lawton 1989; Cohen-Mansfield et al. 1994)....
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...Related to this are concerns of a loss of dignity and feelings of embarrassment, also raised in the international literature (Bacon and Lambkin 1997; Brody, Saperstein and Powell Lawton 1989; Nomura et al. 2009; Richie 2003)....
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...In this paper we have focused on primary health care (PHC) services because there is compelling international evidence about the strong relationship between primary care provision and improved health outcomes (for example Shi & Starfield, 2000; Macinko et al., 2003, Gulliford et al., 2004, Starfield et al., 2005; McDonald & Hare, 2004; Powell Davies et al., 2006)....
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...…of chronic diseases and greater use of health services; • Changing epidemiology - the increase in chronic conditions associated with population ageing is leading to an urgent need for integrated/seamless care provided by multi-disciplinary teams of health providers; • Workforce changes - while…...
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...Needs-based funding will also be less dependent on the presence of a general practitioner, as is now the case, and allow for more flexible use of funds to meet population health needs (Powell Davies et al., 2006)....
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...An agreed framework for PHC is critical in articulating a common vision that guides investment, capacity building and service development (Powell Davies et al., 2006)....
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...…because there is compelling international evidence about the strong relationship between primary care provision and improved health outcomes (for example Shi & Starfield, 2000; Macinko et al., 2003, Gulliford et al., 2004, Starfield et al., 2005; McDonald & Hare, 2004; Powell Davies et al., 2006)....
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...Primary health care (PHC) has been advanced as a costeffective way to improve health outcomes in an equitable manner [2], with some supporting evidence from crosscountry comparisons [3,4]....
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...Primary health care (PHC) has been advanced as a costeffective way to improve health outcomes in an equitable manner [2], with some supporting evidence from crosscountry comparisons [3,4]....
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