Strenthening the contribution of Australian general practice to the control of pandemic influenza

在澳大利亚，大多数初级保健和预防保健都是在全科医疗中进行的。因此，澳大利亚全科医学将在流感大流行期间的控制工作中发挥关键作用，并在维持其他初级卫生保健活动方面发挥关键作用。在最初的出席人数激增之后，随着澳大利亚人变得更加不愿聚集在他们可能生病的地方，出席人数可能会下降。这项研究旨在通过制定一系列行动计划来补充澳大利亚大流行流感管理计划，以供全科医生和公共卫生当局使用，以支持大流行期间的基本初级保健职能，并最大限度地发挥全科医生对控制工作的贡献。将使用一系列方法，包括系统地审查现有文献，对医疗保险成本和不同医疗保健模式的节省进行经济建模，采访帮助制定全科医疗灾难应对计划的关键信息者，或担任领导职务的人。该项目最终将开发一项模拟演习，作为全科医生的自我评估工具，并召开一次全科利益攸关方峰会，以帮助敲定针对大流行性流感的全科应对行动计划。

Most primary and preventive care in Australia occurs in general practice. Australian general practice will therefore have a critical role to play in control efforts during an influenza pandemic, and also in sustaining other primary health care activities. After an initial surge in attendances, there may be a decline in attendance, as Australians become more reluctant to congregate in a place where they may become ill. This study seeks to complement the Australian Pandemic Influenza Management Plan by developing a range of action plans for use by general practitioners and public health authorities to support essential primary health care functions through a pandemic, and maximize general practice's contribution to control efforts. A range of methods will be used, including systematic review of existing literature, economic modeling of the Medicare costs and savings of different models of health care, interviews with key informants who have helped develop disaster response plans for general practice, or who are in positions of leadership. The project will culminate in the development of a simulation exercise to be used as a self-assessment tool for general practitioners, and a summit of general practice stakeholders who will help to finalise agreed action plans for the general practice response to pandemic influenza.