There is increasing use of multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) to increase the quality of and access to primary care. The promotion of MDTs in primary care is one of four recent major policy recommendations in Australia. This review sought to understand the impact of MDT on the quality of primary care and the enablers and barriers...

Patient enrolment with a general practice is one element of recent health care reforms in Australia. A previous review on primary care enrolment schemes found substantial variations in their characteristics. This review developed a typology informed by the qualitative analysis of 15 schemes in 12 high-income countries for effective comparisons and informed policymaking.

This scoping review sought to identify the enablers and barriers to patient enrolment in primary care and the impact of enrolment on continuity and quality of care. The paper finds the characteristics of patient enrolment models differ greatly in both form and implementation and enrolment had little impact on continuity of care; but enrolment can...