...Peter Edlund; Alfons Grönström; Ulrika Winblad Purpose Our aim throughout this article is to develop a comprehensive description detailing the organizational diversity existing among private providers of primary care services in Sweden today. Design/methodology/approach We begin by mapping all...

...Ruixue Zhao; Zhaoyu Li; Stephen Nicholas; Elizabeth Maitland; Wenhua Wang Purpose Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, depression is an increasing global challenge, mainly treated by primary care providers (PCPs) in China. China's national health plans are interpreted, piloted and integrated...

...Michael R. Wieck; L. Douglas Smith; Steven R. Stout Purpose This article investigates healthcare utilization differences for Traditional Medicare (TM) and Medicare Advantage (MA) patients under the care of primary care physicians (PCPs) who receive reimbursement from risk-bearing capitation...

...Karl Maack; Nanna Gillberg; Ewa Wikström Purpose This study aims to contribute with knowledge on the characteristics of the process of co-existence of value conflicts between managers, markets/businesses, patients, professionals and digital technology in primary care practices, to be able...

...Mengyuan Xu; Ruixue Zhao; Mengyao Li; Stephen Nicholas; Elizabeth Maitland; Jinnan Zhang; Huan Jia; Jing Wang; Wenhua Wang Purpose The study aims to address the gap between leaders’ preventative self-regulatory focus and its impact on Chinese primary care physicians (PCPs) well-being, measured...

... and analysis of a large-scale temporary healthcare service operated by the primary care division of an integrated public healthcare system, with research informed guidance for future services of this type in similar contexts. This article compares two organization models of T-LSHc services, and contributes...

... health promotion intervention in primary care centers in the Basque Country, Spain. Design/methodology/approach Seven focus groups were conducted with 49 health professionals from six primary care centers participating in the Prescribing Healthy Life program. Text was analyzed using the Consolidated...

... are attached or uncertainly attached to a primary care provider (PCP) using patient responses to a survey conducted in Ontario, Canada. The authors conducted a validation study using as a reference standard respondents to a community-based survey who indicated they did or did not have a PCP. The authors...

...Thomas Andersson; Nomie Eriksson; Tomas Müllern Purpose The purpose of the paper is to describe and analyze differences in patients' quality perceptions of private and public primary care centers in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The article explores the differences in quality perceptions...

... frontline health workers know, participate and evaluate the Brazilian National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care (PMAQ, 2nd round). Design/methodology/approach This paper develops an implementation theory-driven qualitative analysis. The research is developed in the city...

...Sofie Vengberg; Mio Fredriksson; Bo Burström; Kristina Burström; Ulrika Winblad Purpose Payments to healthcare providers create incentives that can influence provider behaviour. Research on unit-level incentives in primary care is, however, scarce. This paper examines how managers and salaried...

...Sophia D. Arabadjis; Erin E. Sullivan Purpose Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and other Health Information Technologies (HITs) pose significant challenges for clinicians, administrators and managers in the field of primary care. While there is an abundance of literature on the challenges of HIT...

...Elisabetta Garagiola; Alessandro Creazza; Emanuele Porazzi Purpose This study aims to analyze the managerial levers previously considered in literature in the setting of the provision of primary care and community services (in particular for patients with long-term conditions being treated also...

... Primary care Qualitative research Organizational innovation Rural health services Primary healthcare reform initiatives have been created to serve as the cornerstone of a transformed health system (Starfield et al., 2005). Specific components include community involvement (Farmer...

...Amy Beardmore Primary care Workforce Career development Social prescribing Healthcare workforce Social prescribers Social prescribing (SP) is a public health strategy that seeks to treat individuals with chronic illnesses, mild mental health issues or psychosocial problems...

... the role as: Currently, ACP roles are utilised in a number of ways within primary care. NHS Digital (2018a) data for general and personal medical services suggest GP practices employ ACPs with nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy and paramedic backgrounds. These staff primarily provide care...

..., in new models of primary care. The purpose of this paper is to examine this issue through a social identity lens. Design/methodology/approach Through in-depth interviews with 33 decision-makers and 31 fee-for-service family physicians, supplemented by document review and participant observation...

... of this paper, an RSN is defined as a group of individuals operating under a shared title, who share a common goal to improve research capacity (refer to Box I). This definition is similar to that of the primary care research networks operating in various countries and the UK’s National Institutes of Health...

... improvement Primary care Primary health care Scoping review Aboriginal health CQI Australian government funded Aboriginal community controlled health services (ACCHSs), some state/territory government services and an unknown number of private general practices provide primary health care...

... Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Canada’s primary care system has been described as “a culture of pilot projects” with little evidence of converting successful initiatives into funded, permanent programs or sharing project outcomes and insights across...