Evaluating primary care networks in low-income and lower middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primary care networks (PCNs) are claimed to be an effective model to organise and deliver primary healthcare through collaborative relationships and effective coordination of primary care activities. Though increasingly implemented in different contexts, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of PCNs in low-income and lower middle-income countries (LLMICs).

Objective

Our scoping review aims to understand how PCNs in LLMICs have been conceptualised, implemented and analysed in the literature and further explores the evidence of the effectiveness of these networks.

Methods

We structured our review using Arksey and O'Malley's framework for scoping reviews and recommendations by Levac et al. We also used the population, concept and context (PCC

SUBMITTER: Agyemang-Benneh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature