title: A framework to support team-based models of primary care within the Australian health care system.
abstract: Health systems with strong primary care orientations are known to be associated with improved equity, better access for patients to appropriate services at lower costs, and improved population health. Team-based models of primary care have emerged in response to health system challenges due to complex patient profiles, patient expectations and health system demands. Successful team-based models of primary care require a combination of interprofessional education and learning; organisational and management policies and systems; and practice support systems. To ensure evidence is put into practice, we propose a framework comprising five domains (theory, implementation, infrastructure, sustainability and evaluation) to assist policymakers, educators, researchers, managers and health professionals in supporting team-based models of primary care within the Australian health care system.
authors.affiliation: Australian Health Workforce Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. l.naccarella@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naccarella
authors.affiliation: Australian Health Workforce Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Louise N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Greenstock
authors.affiliation: Australian Health Workforce Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*