Australian primary healthcare quality assessment models
| QA type | Aim | Rationale | Method | Outcome |
| Peer review of professional performance | Assesses professional performance of individuals and practice team | Professionals can self-regulate to improve professional performance | Systematic site visit based on systems criteria and peer review | Assessment report only with no certificate of achievement |
| Practice accreditation | Assess organisation and delivery of specific practice services | Practices need to demonstrate public accountability | Peer assessment against explicit standards | Accreditation of practice and development of systems necessary for quality improvement for medical care of clients |
| International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) model | Implement international norms for quality systems | Quality systems and management processes can be strengthened and standardised to achieve efficiencies | Audit by ISO experts, (not peers) against generic international standards | Certificate of compliance with standards for whole-of-organisation development |
Adapted from Buetow and Wellingham,20 2003 p. 2.