Measuring primary care: the standard primary care year

Measuring primary care: the standard primary care year.

INTRODUCTION Numerous reports highlight the problem of declining primary care capacity in the USA, especially in rural and remote areas. The reasons for declining primary care capacity are elusive. Little progress is likely without better definitions, tools, and approaches. The author proposes a standard primary care workforce year to adjust each primary care form for losses due to specializati...

Primary care team of the year.

Newborn's primary care standards do graduate midwifery

Introduction: First minutes of a baby's life are very important stage of life is filled with danger, this study aimed to assess the infant's primary care standards do graduate midwifes. Methods: Present research is a cross-sectional study. Statistical society of this research is a group of recent graduated midwifes including 50 persons, have graduated in the recent three years and are providin...

Primary health care: on measuring participation.

This paper considers the problems of finding measurements for the two major principles of primary health care (PHC), equity and participation. Although both are of equal importance, the authors concentrate on the assessment of participation. A methodology is put forward to define indicators for participation in health care programmes as how wide participation is on a continuum developed for eac...

Measuring consumer experiences with primary care.

OBJECTIVE To assess the adequacy of the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Child Edition (PCAT-CE) for evaluating the attainment of the key characteristics of primary care services for children and youth. DESIGN Community-based telephone survey. SETTING Specific political subdivision in Washington, DC. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred fifty parents/guardians of offspring 18 years of age or less. MEA...