In the absence of central guidance on the development of integrated primary care organisations, a diversity of models is emerging. This paper examines the management arrangements of Scottish local health care co‐operatives (LHCCs). A postal questionnaire survey of all 79 LHCCs was conducted....

The role of Regional Primary Care Organisations in assisting practices to increase quality is not understood. General Practitioners in Australia are predominantly paid through Medicare, the national fee-for-service scheme for doctors. From 1998, this was supplemented by the gradual introduction...