Table 1.

The studies

Study name	Study location	Catalyst investigator(s)	Study focus	Selected citations
Prevention and competing demands in primary care	Nebraska, USA	Crabtree BF, Miller WL	Ethnographic descriptive study of 18 practices to understand variation in quality of care	34
Using Learning Teams for	New Jersey and	Crabtree BF, Miller WL	Practice intervention in 56 primary care	35
Reflective Adaptation (ULTRA)	Pennsylvania, USA		practices using facilitated team building and reflection to enhance quality of care
National Demonstration Project (NDP)	USA	Crabtree BF, Miller WL	Multimethod evaluation of the first major implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home in the USA among 36 family medicine practices	25,36,37
Strengthening PHC services through innovative practice networks	Alberta, Canada	Scott C	Three-phase program of research focusing on the impact of context and models of PHC on outcomes. Particular focus on establishment of interprofessional relationships	38
Behind the closed door. Using ethnography to understand family health teams	Ontario, Canada	Russell GM	Team formation and CDM in newly forming large primary care practices	39,40
Comparison of models of PHC in Ontario	Ontario, Canada	Hogg W, Russell GM,	Mixed methods evaluation of four primary care models in Ontario	41,42
Association of PHC service models with perceived health status, utilization of health services, ability for self-care, and perceived quality of services in patients with chronic disease	Québec, Canada	Levesque JF	Organizational models of PHC and their influence on health, utilization, and self-care for chronically ill patients	43
Accessibility and continuity of care: a study of PHC in Québec	Québec, Canada	Levesque JF	Organizational models of PHC and their influence on accessibility and experience of care users	44
Reorganizing the care of depression and related disorders in a primary care setting	Victoria and Tasmania, Australia	Gunn JM	Depression care in Australian general practice	45
Prac-Cap	Five Australian states and one territory	Harris MF	CDM and GP perspectives	46,47
Teamwork	Three Australian states	Harris MF	Cluster randomized trial of intervention to enhance interprofessional teamwork within 40 general practices	48,49
Teamlink: interprofessional teamwork between general practice and allied health services	Sydney, Australia	Harris MF	Quasi-experimental trial of facilitated teamwork between general practice and allied health services in 26 urban practices	24,50

Abbreviations: PHC, primary health care; CDM, chronic disease management; GP, general practitioner; Prac-Cap, practice capacity for chronic disease.