The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives: an Australian general practice success story

• 1 Hamilton Medical Group, Hamilton, VIC.
• 2 Flinders University School of Medicine and Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Hamilton, VIC.
• 3 Upper Mountains Medical Centre, Katoomba, NSW.
• 4 Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

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