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We appreciate Prof Harris (1) and Ms Planavsky’s (2) comments on our paper (3) evaluating factors associated with quality chronic disease management in our large sample of primary care practices in Ontario. Our findings of better performance in Community Health Centres (CHCs) highlights how good performance can follow when, as in the CHCs, primary care delivery system are designed in part to optimise the care of patients...
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The paper by Russell et al. on “Managing Chronic Disease in Ontario Primary Care: The Impact of Organisational Factors”[1] has important implications in the Australian context. The finding that models of care in Canada differ in their performance is relevant to the current moves in Australia to establish more integrated multidisciplinary primary health care services especially for those with chronic illness. The findin...
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Thank you for the opportunity to read this paper and for citing our paper from the Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2003. I have been working as an adult NP since 1996, and the past several years in an out- patient Preventive Cardiology Department, working with management of cardiovascular disease risk factors and/or chronic diseases, specifically dyslipidemia, diabetes & hypertension.
As I read this pap...
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