The second phase of the primary care accreditation scheme was launched in April 2011 where audits were expanded to include 23 additional PHCCs [ 22, 24].
An Australian Productivity Commission report, investigating primary care accreditation costs, highlighted the intangible costs such as the stress and frustration for general practitioners with administration activities and dealing with government welfare departments.
35 The nine member panel comprised four health services researchers, three senior executives from the acute (two) and primary (one) care accreditation agencies, a senior representative from a heath safety and quality body and one accreditation quality consultant with 12 years as a senior executive in the aged care accreditation sector.
The primary care practice accreditation program in the Netherlands has been offered on a voluntary basis since 2005.
Participants were drawn from healthcare professional associations, primary healthcare services, accreditation agencies, government agencies and public health organisations.
Participants were drawn from general practice stakeholders, including: healthcare professional associations; primary healthcare services; accreditation agencies; government agencies; and public health organisations.
In 2009, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) launched the Primary Healthcare (PHC) accreditation program to improve quality across the continuum of care.
In the Netherlands, primary care practice accreditation is a voluntary activity comprising a comprehensive audit, which covers clinical and organizational domains, followed by structured planning of improvements and formal review by an external assessor [ 3].
As the primary form of accreditation of dental education, dental education evaluation in China is a new evaluation system, it is basically suitable for current dental education conditions in China, and will be improved in due course as it progresses on.
O'Beirne et al. [ 10] performed a review of peer-reviewed and grey literature regarding accreditation in primary care.
