PURPOSE New approaches to chronic disease management emphasize the need to
improve the delivery of primary care services to meet the needs of chronically ill patients. This …

Objectives: To examine whether adult use of mental health services subsidised by Medicare
varies by measures of socioeconomic and geographic disadvantage in Australia. Design, …

Context A key aim of reforms to primary health care (PHC) in many countries has been to
enhance interprofessional teamwork. However, the impact of these changes on practitioners …

Background Dementia is a growing problem, causing substantial burden for patients, their
families, and society. General practitioners (GPs) play an important role in diagnosing and …

Objectives: To investigate whether General Practice Management Plans (GPMPs), Team
Care Arrangements (TCAs) and reviews of these improve the management and outcomes of …

Background Most Western nations have sought primary care (PC) reform due to the rising
costs of health care and the need to manage long-term health conditions. A common reform—…

Current visions of family medicine and models of chronic illness management integrate
evidence-based medicine with collaborative, patient-centered care, despite critiques that these …

• Australia has begun to encourage and financially reward general practitioners for
implementing preventive activities.• While an expanding preventive agenda for general practice …

Vitreous and serum were obtained at the time of vitrectomy from 23 diabetic subjects with
proliferative retinopathy and from 8 nondiabetic subjects. The mean concentration of IGF-I in …

A key component in describing forest carbon (C) dynamics is the change in downed dead
wood biomass through time. Specifically, there is a dearth of information regarding the …