Towards the delivery of appropriate health care in Australia

• 1 University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
• 2 Australian Patient Safety Foundation, Adelaide, SA.
• 3 Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
• 4 St Vincent’s Clinical School and School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

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