
%0 Journal Article
%A Alford, Katrina 
%T Reforming Victoria's primary health and community service sector:rural implications
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2000/09/01
%V 23
%N 3
%P 58-67
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000058
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH000058 
%X In 1999 the Victorian primary care and community support system began a process of substantial reform, involvingpurchasing reforms and a contested selection process between providers in large catchment areas across the State.The Liberal Government's electoral defeat in September 1999 led to a review of these reforms. This paper questionsthe reforms from a rural perspective. They were based on a generic template that did not consider rural-urbandifferences in health needs or other differences including socio-economic status, and may have reinforced if notaggravated rural-urban differences in the quality of and access to primary health care in Victoria. 
