
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alford, Katrina 
T1  - Reforming Victoria's primary health and community service sector:rural implications
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2000
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SP  - 58
EP  - 67
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000058 
N2  - 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. 
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