Governance of quality of care

"Although health service boards are eager to establish quality of care as a governance priority, several obstacles are blocking progress. The result is a gap between the rhetoric of quality governance and the reality of month-to-month activities at the board level."

Governance of quality of care: a qualitative study of health service boards in Victoria, Australia
MM Bismark, DM Studdert
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014; 23(6): 474-482

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International trends and initiatives in primary health care

"Evidence is presented from countries perceived as comparable to Australia in terms of the organisation, funding and delivery of primary health care."

International trends and initiatives in primary health care
Research Roundup
Issue 23, August 2012

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The changing national role in health system governance

"This study provides an overview of recent changes in the national government’s role in the governance of the health systems in 12 countries."

The changing national role in health system governance: a case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia
Edited by E Jakubowski, RB Saltman
World Health Organization (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
April 2013

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