Doing primary care integration: a qualitative study of meso-level collaborative practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The integration of Primary Care (PC) into broader health systems has been a goal in jurisdictions around the world. Efforts to achieve integration at the meso-level have drawn particular attention, but there are few actionable recommendations for how to enact a 'pro-integration culture' amongst government and PC governance bodies. This paper describes pragmatic integration activity undertaken by meso-level participants in Alberta, Canada, and suggests ways this activity may be generalizable to other health systems.

Methods

11 semi-structured interviews with nine key informants from meso-level organizations were selected from a larger qualitative study examining healthcare policy development and implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Selected interviews focus

SUBMITTER: Leslie M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10353261 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature