Box 1. Sources of the two sets of 10 definitions of GP/FM and PHC.
General Practice/Family Medicine definitionsPrimary Health Care definitions
Leeuwenhorst definition (1974) 9 Institute of Medicine (1996) 10
AAFP primary care physician definition (US) (1977) 11 PAHO primary health care statement (Pan America) (2007) 12
AAFP family medicine definition (US) (1984) 13 EU expert panel definition of primary care (2014) 14
Olesen’s proposal for a new definition of general practice (2000) 15 Brazil: organisation of primary health care (2013) 16
WONCA dictionary (2003) 2 WHO glossary (2016) 17
WONCA Europe / EURACT definition (2011) 18 PHCRIS (Australia) (2015) 19
CIMF Carta de Quito definition (Latin America) (2014) 20 FMMCSF (Belgium) (2016) 21
The Role Definition Group definition (US) (2014) 22 AHRQ Primary Care Medical Home model (US) (2016) 23
NBE definition (India) (2015) 24 FFMPS (France) (2016) 25
AAFP Primary Care Physician (2016) 11 AAFP Primary Care (US) (2016) 11
  • AAFP = American Academy of Family Physicians. AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. CIMF = Confederación Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar / Iberoamerican Confederation of Family Medicine. EU = European Union. FMMCSF = Fédération des Maisons Médicales et des Collectifs de Santé Francophone / Federation of Medical Homes and French-speaking Health Centres. FFMPS = Fédération Française des Maisons et Pôles de Santé / French Federation of Housing and Health Centers. NBE = National Board of Examination. PAHO = Pan American Health Organisation. PHCRIS = Primary Health Care Research and Information Service. WHO = World Health Organization. WONCA = World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians.