Editorial: Models of Care

Abstract

TWO ARTICLES ARE FEATURED in this AHR issue?s Models of Care section. The first article by May and colleagues entitled ?Integrated models or mayhem? Lessons learnt from three integrated primary health care entities in regional New South Wales? reviews integrated general practices and conceptualises a model to explain how integrated service might best function. (page 595) The second article by Coombe and colleagues is ?Community-governed health services in Cape York: does the evidence point to a model of service delivery?? (page 605) The article reviews the literature on community governance models and community- controlled health service delivery models and their application to service delivery in Cape York.