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Questioning the sustainability of primary health care innovation
Author(s) -
Sibthorpe Beverly M,
Glasgow Nicholas J,
Wells Robert W
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07179.x
Subject(s) - library science , management , sociology , medicine , political science , economics , computer science
Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. Beverly M Sibthorpe, NZRN, BA(Hons), PhD, Deputy Director; Nicholas J Glasgow, MD, FRACGP, Professor and Director. Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. Robert W Wells, BA, Director, Policy and Planning for Health. Correspondence: Dr B M Sibthorpe, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200. beverly.sibthorpe@anu.edu.au The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 21 November 2005 183 10 52-53 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2005 www.mja.com.au The sustainability of primary health care innovation — Supplement (APHCRI) has defined primary health care as: . . . socially appropriate, universally accessible, s sound first level care provided by a suitably trained supported by integrated referral systems and in a wa priority to those most in need, maximises comm individual self-reliance and participation and invo oration with other sectors. It includes health promo Sustainability of reforms is the key to progress