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Quarterly Article
December 2024 Agnes Grudniewicz, Ellen Randall, Lori Jones, Aidan Bodner, M. Ruth Lavergne,
This scoping review explored how comprehensiveness in primary care is conceptualized and defined in order to map its attributes in support of being able to more clearly and precisely define this key concept in research, practice, and policy. More
Quarterly Opinion
January 2024 Marianne Udow-Phillips, Samantha Iovan, Peter D. Jacobson,
The imbalance in US health spending between public health and medical care is no secret. For example, of the more than $3.8 trillion in US health… More
June 2023 Daniel R. S. Habib, Lauren M. Klein, Eliana M. Perrin, Andrew J. Perrin, Sara B. Johnson,
Primary care is a potentially fruitful setting for cultivating community and individual health and power by supporting social connectedness, self-efficacy, and collective action. More
May 2023 Zachary Merenstein, Jill C. Shuemaker, Robert L. Phillips,
Context: Trust is a fundamental aspect of any human relationship, and medical care is no exception. An ongoing, trusting relationship between… More
April 2023 Kurt C. Stange, William L. Miller, Rebecca S. Etz,
How primary care might influence population health by serving as a force for integration across the often fragmented systems. More
September 2021 Lorcan Clarke, Michael Anderson, Rob Anderson, Morten Bonde Klausen, Rebecca Forman, Jenna Kerns, Adrian Rabe, Søren Rud Kristensen, Pavlos Theodorakis, Jose Valderas, Hans Kluge, Elias Mossialos,
In 2018, the Declaration of Astana renewed goals set forth 40 years earlier by the World Health Organization and the United Nations’ Children Fund regarding the importance of primary health coverage in achieving universal health coverage. However, policymakers are often unclear how best to use primary care resources for maximum economic impact. In this overview of systemic reviews, Lorcan Clarke from the London School of Economics and Trinity College Dublin and colleagues finds that specific task shifting among different health care workers, telemedicine, longer primary care consultations, and pay for performance mechanisms are some of the strategies that can have positive economic effects. More
October 2020 Amanda L. Brewster, Taressa K. Fraze, Laura M. Gottlieb, Jennifer Frehn, Genevra F. Murray, Valerie A. Lewis,
Context: One of the most important possibilities of value‐based payment is its potential to spur innovation in upstream prevention, such as… More
June 2020 Robin S. Gotler, Larry A. Green, Rebecca S. Etz,
In April 1966, the National Commission on Community Health Services presented President Lyndon Johnson with their report, Health Is a Community… More
May 2020 Benjamin F. Crabtree, Jenna Howard, William L. Miller, DeAnn Cromp, Clarissa Hsu, Katie Coleman, Brian T. Austin, Margaret Flinter, Leah Tuzzio, Edward H. Wagner,
Context: Over the past several decades, health care in the United States has undergone substantial and rapid change. At the heart of this change is an… More
April 2020 James M. Perrin,
Barbara Starfield built the field of primary care research and galvanized research and policy documenting the central importance of primary care in… More
