title: Defining the core content of general practice in Australia.
abstract: The nature and quality of general practice care affect the health of almost all Australians. However, the enormous and changing scope of general medical services in this country has not been adequately defined. What the core content of these services should be, cannot be determined without first considering how such an evaluation can best be made. Therefore, this article suggests an approach to defining the core components of Australian general practice care based on four types of need: normative need, felt need, expressed need and comparative need. Each type contributes to defining the minimum services and skills that every practising general practitioner should be able to provide.
authors.affiliation: Rushholme Health Centre, University of Manchester, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Buetow
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand