Abstract

REVIEW OBJECTIVE AND QUESTIONS The objective of this comprehensive systematic review is to describe and assess the unique service characteristics, impact (experiences of meaningfulness and measures of effects) and costs of primary health care programs/services delivered by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia as well as the limitations of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations financing arrangements and options for enhancing them. The review questions are: 1.How do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, their family members and primary health care providers experience or perceive: a) the characteristics (positive and negative) and meaningfulness/value of primary health care provided by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations: and b) the differences between the characteristics and meaningfulness/value of primary health care provided by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations and other Australian primary health care providers (including mainstream and state controlled Aboriginal Medical Services)? 2. What are effects of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations primary health care programs/services on: a) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ access to primary health care; b) Social determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health; and c) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health status? And how do these effects compare with those of other Australian primary health care providers? 3. How do costs of providing primary health care programs/services in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations setting(s) differ from those of other Australian primary health care provider settings? 4. What are the perceived limitations of financing arrangements TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS

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