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Australia's Health Care Homes: laying the right foundations
Author(s) -
Jackson Claire L,
Hambleton Steven J
Publication year - 2017
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/mja16.01470
Subject(s) - excellence , library science , citation , health care , sociology , political science , media studies , law , computer science
1 ICare Advisory Group recommendations to improve care for Australians with complex, chronic health conditions. Recommendations included a mix of initiatives in system integration, care targeting, outcome measurement, change management and payment redesign. Central to this reform was the Health Care Home (HCH) — a change in traditional arrangements betweenpatients and their general practices orAboriginal community controlled health services.