Background Even though there is general agreement that primary care is the linchpin of
effective health care delivery, to date no efforts have been made to systematically review the …

Unsustainable growth in healthcare expenditure demands effective cost-containment
policies. We review policy effectiveness using total payer expenditure as primary outcome …

PURPOSE Continuity of care is a defining characteristic of primary care associated with
lower costs and improved health equity and care quality. However, we lack provider-level …

PURPOSE We wanted to undertake a critical review of the medical literature regarding the
relationships between interpersonal continuity of care and the outcomes and cost of health …

Introduction: A medical home is a patient-centered, multifaceted source of personal primary
health care. It is based on a relationship between the patient and physician, formed to …

Background The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes
mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT) has placed a tremendous burden on healthcare …

A longitudinalidade, que trata do acompanhamento do paciente ao longo do tempo por
profissionais da equipe de atenção primária em saúde (APS), é considerada característica …

Racial and ethnic disparities in health are multifactorial; they reflect differences in biological
vulnerability to disease as well as differences in social resources, environmental factors, and …

Abstract Background The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study
aims to evaluate the performance of primary care systems in Europe in terms of quality …

A high percentage of health care expenditures are associated with a small proportion of the
population—people with complex health care needs. Most patients in this high-cost group …