
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilkinson, David 
A1  - McElroy, Heather 
A1  - Beilby, Justin 
A1  - Mott, Kathy 
A1  - Price, Kay 
A1  - Morey, Sue 
A1  - Best, John 
T1  - Variation in levels of uptake of Enhanced Primary Care item numbers between medical practices, within Divisions of General Practice and jurisdictions
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 25
IS  - 6
SP  - 122
EP  - 122
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH020122B 
N2  - We aimed to report on variation in levels of uptake of services between medical practices across Divisions of General Practice, and jurisdictions, through the Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) program between November 1999 and October 2001.No Divisions had levels of EPC uptake outside upper control limits plus/minus three standard deviations the national level, suggesting limited substantial systematic variation relating to high uptake. Four Divisions had rates of practices providing EPC services (33.3%-67.7%)substantially lower than the national rate (81.2%). For all EPC services combined and for health assessments (HAs) there is substantial variation between practices in almost all Divisions of General Practice, and in some this is extreme. For care plans (CPs), while several Divisions show wide variation in rates across practices (and in a few there is extreme variation), in other Divisions there are very low rates of CP across all practices. For case conferences (CCs) the picture is even more extreme, and these patterns are expressed across all jurisdictions. There is substantial variation in the level of uptake of EPC services across medical practices in Australia. 
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