The preceding papers in this Series have outlined how underuse and overuse of health-care
services occur within a complex system of health-care production, with a multiplicity of …

Primary care serves as the cornerstone in a strong healthcare system. However, it has long
been overlooked in the United States (USA), and an imbalance between specialty and …

Importance Recent US health care reforms incentivize improved population health outcomes
and primary care functions. It remains unclear how much improving primary care physician …

O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar a cobertura da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF)
estimada pela Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS), comparando com dados administrativos …

Background A suitable definition of primary care to capture the variety of prevailing
international organisation and service-delivery models is lacking. Aim Evaluation of strength …

As transições demográfica e epidemiológica significam um incremento relativo das
condições crônicas. Tem sido assim, no Brasil, que apresenta uma situação de saúde de …

A Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS) é um estudo de base domiciliar, de âmbito nacional,
realizada pelo Ministério da Saúde em parceria com o IBGE em 2013. Tem como objetivo …

In this paper, we present an extended typology of OECD healthcare systems. Our theoretical
framework integrates the comparative-institutional perspective of existing classifications with …

Evidence of the health‐promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever
since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the …

Strong primary care systems are often viewed as the bedrock of health care systems that
provide high-quality care, but the evidence supporting this view is somewhat limited. We …