Integrating COVID-19 Vaccination in Primary Care Service Delivery: Insights From Implementation Research in the Philippines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2019, the Philippines enacted a universal health coverage law that aimed to establish an integrated health system centered around robust primary care as a core strategy of its health system reform agenda. Although the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted initial progress in the reform process, it also presented an opportunity to pilot interventions to demonstrate integration in various ways.

Methods

We conducted a participatory implementation research study to integrate selected public health interventions into the implementation of the primary care benefit package funded by public health insurance. The study was conducted from October 2022 to April 2023 in the Province of Iloilo, Philippines. Entry points within the primary care service delivery process were identified

SUBMITTER: Lava JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10948126 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature