Better Outcomes or Better Access — which was better for mental health care?

Harrison, Christopher M; Miller, Graeme C; Britt, Helena C

doi:10.5694/mja12.11353

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In reply: We share Rosenberg and Hickie’s belief that general practitioners should play a central role in mental health care. We showed with Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data that GPs have played this role in both Better Outcomes and Better Access.1

Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: helena.britt@sydney.edu.au

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1. Harrison CM, Britt HC, Charles J. Better Outcomes or Better Access — which was better for mental health care? Med J Aust 2012; 197: 170-172. <MJA full text>

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