Table 2.

Participating practices

Practice pseudonym	Type of practice	Location	Billing system*	Practice population	GP FTE in practice	Nurse FTE in practice	Allied health disciplines
CHC	Community health centre	Inner city suburbs	Bulk billing	Lower SES, CALD, refugees, AOD	6 FTE	5	Numerous health and social care disciplines
SE1	Private general practice	South-eastern suburbs	Blended	High SES, children and elderly	3.5 FTE	2	Dentist
E	Private general practice	Eastern suburbs	Blended	High SES, very few CALD	4–5 FTE	1 FTE (3 in total)	Diabetes educator
CBD	Private general practice	Central business district (CBD)	Blended	Higher SES, tourists, multilingual GPs	3.5 FTE	1 FTE (2 in total)	Clinical psychology
SE2	Private general practice within large corporate entitiy	South-eastern suburbs	Bulk billing	Mid to low SES, broad patient mix	14 FTE	3.5 FTE	Physiotherapy, dietetics
W	General practice and health hub	Western suburbs	Blended	Low SES, gentrifying	15+ GPs	3.5 FTE	Numerous colocated disciplines including psychology, dietetics, physiotherapy, podiatry

*Bulk billing is where clinicians accept the Medicare benefit as full payment for the service. A blended system is where clinicians bulk bill some patients and require a copayment from others.

AOD, alcohol and other drug patients; CALD, culturally and linguistically diverse patients; CHC, community health centre; FTE, full-time equivalent; GP, general practitioner; SES, socioeconomic status.