RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Developing measures to capture the true value of primary care
JF BJGP Open
JO BJGP Open
FD Royal College of General Practitioners
SP BJGPO.2020.0152
DO 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0152
VO 5
IS 2
A1 olde Hartman, Tim C
A1 Bazemore, Andrew
A1 Etz, Rebecca
A1 Kassai, Ryuki
A1 Kidd, Michael
A1 Phillips, Robert L
A1 Roland, Martin
A1 van Boven, Kees
A1 van Weel, Chris
A1 Goodyear-Smith, Felicity
YR 2021
UL http://bjgpopen.org/content/5/2/BJGPO.2020.0152.abstract
AB Primary care (PC) is an essential building block for any high quality healthcare system, and has a particularly positive impact on vulnerable patients. It contributes to the overall performance of health systems, and countries that reorient their health system towards PC are better prepared to achieve universal health coverage. Monitoring the actual performance of PC in health systems is essential health policy to support PC. However, current indicators are often too narrowly defined to account for quality of care in the complex populations with which PC deals. This article reviews a number of conceptual frameworks developed to capture PC values in robust measures and indicators that can inform policy and practice performance. Each have benefits and limitations. Further work is needed to develop meaningful primary health care (PHC) and PC measures to inform strategic action by policymakers and governments for improved overall performance of health systems.