Improving primary care in Australia through the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program: A quality improvement report

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 948-955

  Knight, Andrew Walter ^a   Caesar, Claire ^b   Ford, Dale ^b   Coughlin, Alison ^b   Frick, Colin ^b  

^a Improvement Foundation (Australia)   (Australia)

^b Improvement Foundation (Australia)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CARE; COOPERATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF CARE;

EID: 84871931808     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000165     Document Type: Article

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