Background: Geographic rates of preventable hospitalization are used internationally as an
indicator of accessibility and quality of primary care. Much research has correlated the …

Surveys of GPs are essential to facilitate future planning and delivery of health services.
However, recruitment of GPs into research has been disappointing with response rates …

Objectives Non-medical prescribers, including pharmacists, have been found to achieve
comparable clinical outcomes with doctors for certain health conditions. Legislation supporting …

To date, 18 living recommendations for the clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women
with COVID‐19 have been issued by the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce. …

Context Health policy in Australia emphasizes the role of health service users (HSU) in
managing their own care but does not include mechanisms to assist HSUs to do so. Objective To …

Context Although sexual harassment frequently occurs in medical education and medical
workplaces, doctors who have been sexually harassed or assaulted by other doctors remain a …

Objectives Internationally, general practitioners (GPs) are being encouraged to take an
active role in the care of their patients with obesity, but as yet there are few tools for them to …

Aims Reducing preventable hospitalisation is a priority for health systems worldwide. This
study sought to quantify the contribution of smoking to preventable hospitalisation in older …

Objectives Obesity management is an important issue for the international primary care
community. This scoping review examines the literature describing the role of the family doctor in …

Background Relational aspects of primary care are important, but we have no standard
measure for assessment. The ‘working alliance’ incorporates elements of the therapeutic …