Tremlett, M., Loller, H., Couzos, S., Smith, D., Stephens, M., Nugent, A., Vaughan, F., and Biros, E. (2020) Methodology for a model extending an integrated pharmacist program into all Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Australia. External Commissioned Report. Australian Government, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

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Abstract

The IPAC Project has delivered significant benefits to the 18 participating Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs). It is proposed that this model be extended to all ACCHSs across Australia. The IPAC Project had a clear definition of ACCHS pre-requisites (inclusion criteria) based primarily on the research requirements through the Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP). The ACCHS inclusion criteria were not primarily related to the implementation of a national program. A fundamental premise of the project was that the IPAC intervention would be generalisable to all ACCHSs. Additionally, the PTP Principle “Applicability and Context” requires projects to consider national implementation. The difference between mainstream and government-run AHSs compared to ACCHSs is well documented, and the IPAC Project did not investigate the intervention in an AHS or mainstream environment. For these reasons, the model outlined below has been costed for all 140 ACCHSs across Australia. The program cost per annum presented here is comparable with other federally funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medicines initiatives and may help to close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander underutilization of nation-wide Australian pharmaceutical measures, such as the PBS and other Community Pharmacy Agreement related programs. Further rationale and assumptions used for this modelling are described below.

Item ID:	87560
Item Type:	Report (External Commissioned Report)
Keywords:	Integrated care, pharmacy, pharmacists, primary health care, medication adherence, quality use of medicines, costings, economic analysis, chronic disease, aboriginal, Torres Strait islander
Additional Information:	This report is publicly available at the following website: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/integrating-practice-pharmacists-into-aboriginal-community-controlled-health-services-final-report
Funders:	Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing
Projects and Grants:	Pharmacy Trials Program
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2025 04:45
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420319 Primary health care @ 50% 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences > 321403 Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice @ 50%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200102 Efficacy of medications @ 50%
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