How Primary Healthcare Sector is Organized at the Territorial Level in France? A Typology of Territorial Structuring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are currently facing the challenges of the health transition, the aging of their populations and the increase in chronic diseases. Effective and comprehensive primary healthcare (PHC) services are considered essential for establishing an equitable, and cost-effective healthcare system. Developing care coordination and, on a broader scale, care integration, is a guarantee of quality healthcare delivery. The development of healthcare systems at the meso-level supports this ambition and results in a process of territorial structuring of PHC. In France, the Health Territorial and Professional Communities (HTPC) constitute meso-level organizations in which healthcare professionals (HCPs) from the

SUBMITTER: Gautier S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11270609 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature