Patient-reported confidence in primary healthcare

"Improving the delivery of primary health care services through positive interactions between patients and their usual provider and acceptability of wait times are examples of how the PHC system can be strengthened."

Patient-reported confidence in primary healthcare: are there disparities by ethnicity or language?
ST Wong, C Black, F Cutler, R Brooke, JL Haggerty, JF Levesque
BMJ Open, 2014, 4:e003884

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Role construction and boundaries in interprofessional primary health care teams

"We found that empowering team members to develop autonomy can enhance collaborative interactions."

Role construction and boundaries in interprofessional primary health care teams: a qualitative study
K MacNaughton, S Chreim, IL Bourgeault
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:486

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Health promotion innovation in primary health care

"This paper provides an argument for training primary health care (PHC) practitioners in health promotion, while encouraging them to embrace innovation within their practice to streamline the treatment process and improve patient outcomes."

Health promotion innovation in primary health care
A McManus
Australasian Medical Journal, 2013, 6(1): 15-18

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Systematic review of interventions to enhance access to best practice primary health care for chronic disease management, prevention and episodic care

"This review suggests that multiple, linked strategies targeting different levels of the health care system are most likely to improve access to best practice primary health care."

A systematic review of interventions to enhance access to best practice primary health care for chronic disease management, prevention and episodic care
EJ Comino, G Powell Davies, Y Krastev, M Haas, B Christl, J Furler, A Raymont, MF Harris
BMC Health Services Research, 2012, 12:415

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