This project is part of an international study analysing differences between primary health care systems in Europe and three non-European countries undertaken by the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL) research group in the Netherlands. APHCRI and the University of Western Sydney are jointly undertaking the Australian segment. The Australian role involved conducting a survey of GPs and their patients and preparing a detailed description of the Australian primary health care system structured to provide comparisons with other countries.  The data collection phase is now complete, and analysis of both the survey data and international comparisons will start shortly in Australia and at NIVEL.

Publications

Schäfer, WLA, Boerma, WGW, Kringos, DS, De Maeseneer, J, Greß, S, Heinemann, S, Rotar- Pavlic, D, Seghieri, C, Švab, I, Van den Berg, MJ, Vainieri, M, Westert, GP, Willems, S, Groenewegen, PP. 2011. Study protocol: QUALICOPC, a multi-country study evaluating quality, costs and equity in primary care. BMC Family Practice 2011, 12:115.  doi:10.1186/1471-2296-12-115