
%0 Journal Article
%A McCoppin, Brigid 
%A Birrell, Christine 
%T Primary Health Care Under Pressure: A Case Study of Amalgamation in Victoria
%J Australian Journal of Primary Health
%D 1996/09/01
%V 2
%N 3
%P 38-48
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PY96040
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PY96040 
%X Amalgamation of community health centres has become a fairly common response to Victorian government changes in primary health care policy (both Labor and Coalition). This is a study of one such amalgamation and of its effects. The amalgamation brought staff and management many difficulties of adjustment, but it has produced a larger organisation which, while it has some residual problems, appears well fitted to withstand the pressure of today's policy directions and to meet future demands. 
